If you put a set of explosives in the water and a massive tidal wave formed, you would get…a really bad joke. Also, this album kicks ass. Continue reading
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“‘Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police’ Plays The Hits”
A new Juliana Hatfield album, following the other new Juliana Hatfield album, except *this* Juliana Hatfield album is The Police. Continue reading
“5 New Releases We Love: FKA Twigs Transfigures, Gang Starr Throws It Back, And More”
Last week, for The A.V. Club‘s weekly A-Sides feature, I had the good luck of writing about the new FKA twigs album, Magdalene, essentially her way of working through her breakup with Robert Pattinson, which I know little about*, other than it resulted in a really great album by an incredibly talented artist. I also know that I’m … Continue reading
“Bishop Briggs’ CHAMPION Pulls Punches and Breaks Hearts”
In which Andy makes the pickiest of nits about an otherwise rock solid album about how much it sucks to have your heart broken when you’re the big brain type and you know that people leave but memories remain. Continue reading
“Gruff Rhys Breaks Down Language Barriers on ‘Pang!'”
No Welsh? No problem! Continue reading
Review: Of Monsters and Men, “Fever Dream”
The odd case where I feel like I am, by own disappointment, disappointing the people whose art I’m critiquing. Continue reading
Review: Penelope Isles, “Until The Tide Creeps In”
What do you do when the tide creeps in and washes away your sand castle? Make another one. Then make an album with your sibling about growing up on the Isle of Man. Continue reading
Review: The Soft Cavalry, “The Soft Cavalry”
Instead of gazing at one’s shoes, one should gaze at their personal past. That’s a way better source of songwriting inspiration. Continue reading
Review: Fruit Bats, “Gold Past Life”
It’s a deer! On a beach! Only in Michigan, I’m telling you. Continue reading
Review: Calexico and Iron & Wine, “Years to Burn”
I don’t know what I can say about this record that I don’t already say in the kicker to my review, but gosh I guess I’ll try. Continue reading
Review: Yeasayer, “Erotic Reruns”
Well, as long as the reruns are erotic, then I don’t mind if I do. Continue reading
Review: Thee Oh Sees, “Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion”
A portal back in time to when Oh Sees were Thee Oh Sees and they hadn’t released quite as many albums as they have to date. Continue reading
Review: Black Mountain, “Destroyer”
Roll down the windows and throw the goat as you careen down highways blaring the new album from Black Mountain. (But don’t throw the goat out the window. You might lose a hand. Safety first.) Continue reading
Review: Pure Bathing Culture, “Night Pass”
Put away your soaps and bath bombs and shampoos and other scented sudsy sundries, this is a music review, not a tutorial for custom at-home spa treatments, good lord. Continue reading
Review: Cage the Elephant, “Social Cues,” 2019
What do you do when a band you’ve followed for years makes a new album and it’s…kind of bland? Continue reading
Review: T Bone Burnett, “The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space,” 2019
Not a steak, nor a relative of Carol Burnett, but rather an album whose thesis essentially is that the world sucks, life sucks, people suck, but don’t worry, we’re all going to die someday or something. Continue reading
Review: Sleeper, “The Modern Age”
An album whose title belies the somewhat not-very-modern style of the band. But in a good way! Continue reading
Review: Ex Hex, “It’s Real”
Remember, kids: If you can engage a thing you’re writing about more than once *before* you write about it, you should do that. Continue reading
Review: The Claypool Lennon Delirium, “South of Reality”
Andy gets to write about a new thing by Les Claypool (and also Sean Lennon (but for Andy, mostly Claypool (no offense Sean))), and he is excited about it. Continue reading
Review: Shook Twins, “Some Good Lives”
A lovely album loaded with lovely music, but of course Andy being Andy, Andy had some struggles with it. (Andy.) Continue reading
