Archive | Album Reviews
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Album Review: Woods “At Echo Lake”
Woods, for me, has always been a go-to band, no matter the mood. They are astoundingly good. After all, it isn’t easy making experimental lo-fi electronic-noise folk accessible and beautiful so that anybody could get into it and appreciate any aspect of the music.
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Album Review: Minus The Bear “Planet Of Ice”
After the release of Minus the Bear’s fourth record Planet of Ice, many long-time fans of the band were left confused.
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Album review: Minus the Bear ‘Omni’
Seattle-based indie rock band Minus the Bear's fourth album, Omni, starts strong. The opening track is intriguing. It begins with a strange video game-esque '80s keytar. The pop rock chorus is balanced out with quirky synth undertones, promising equally adventurous but palatable tracks to follow.
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Album review: The New Pornographers ‘Together’
The title of the New Pornographers's fifth album suggests inclusiveness and solidarity. The Canadian super-group's Together is an effort to include a wider array of musical influences, but in doing so the band has strayed from their power pop roots.
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Album review: Hole digs itself out of past issues
Hole fans from the band’s heyday might be disappointed. That’s not to say the album is bad. In fact, those who disliked the group’s 90’s albums might want to give “Nobody’s Daughter” a shot because the difference is dramatic.
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Album review: ‘Slash’
Oh snap. Slash just pulled a Santana. The ex-Guns N' Roses lead guitarist, current Velvet Revolver guitarist and resident top hat-wearer just released his solo album.
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Actors Deschanel, Gosling cross to music profession
Last month’s sophomore release for She & Him, “Volume Two,” marks another step in a growing trend for crossover stars. She & Him is the duo of Hollywood actress-singer Zooey Deschanel and singer-songwriter M. Ward.
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Album review: Under new MGMT
When MGMT came out with their Oracular Spectacular in 2008, a few sharp lines were drawn through the indie-rock world, though it never really seemed like the band’s Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden meant for it to happen.
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Album review: ‘Slash’
Slash’s curly black hair, top hat, sunglasses, and dangling cigarette are as much a part of the guitarist’s trademark as the riffs on “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” “Welcome to the Jungle,” or any other Guns ’N’ Roses hit.