Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has been around since 1998 ... wow ... I never thought they had much in terms of staying power.
You gotta love an indie band that doesn’t try to coat their pop songs in faux hipster swagger.
This album contains the audio tracks from the spectacular DVD Bowie put out in 2004 to chronicle the “Reality” tour.
Diversity rules the day when it comes to Converge’s latest, Axe to Fall. If you are of the group of Converge fans that think you have heard it all before, then you obviously have not heard this disc.
Don’t ask me how, but The Cribs’ fourth album Ignore the Ignorant outsold a couple of The Beatles’ re-issues.
If you are anxious to hear a Rolling Stones LP that you have never heard, then here you go.
This sophomore effort finds Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz expanding their sound from their folk rock debut to add a more polished recording.
Jerin Falkner is a singer/songwriter primarily known for her acoustic material. However, for her fourth release Pyro Aesthetic, the talented musician spreads her wings and escapes being pigeonholed.
With their second album, Brand New Blood, the Feral Children show that they’ve got more of the creative lyrics and dark tension where the first album came from.
The second album has an increased emphasis on penis jokes and techno rhythms.
Much of the band's harder edge has gone, but that’s not saying these guys (and girl) forgot how to write a great hard rock song.
This type of pop music is as aggravating as it is numbing. It left me with the feeling that I was sitting in a reception area waiting for the nurse to call my name.
What separates this one from the pack is memorable songs, tasteful arrangements, lush, lonesome production and Maria McKee (yeah – from Lone Justice).
Wisconsin art rockers Laarks is just the type of band the trendy indie critics at Pitchfork drool over.
Every aspect of these songs is beautifully crafted – from the lyrics down to the timpani drums and garden bells.
The record meanders around the path a few times, on an unsure but adventurous journey nonetheless. For those looking for a record that is out of the box yet not overly experimental, Le Loup does nicely.
Natural Forces may not be his best effort, but even a mediocre Lovett is still a pretty good thing.
There is no doubt Mirman has a wickedly artistic and funny mind and it plays out in several moments on his third comedy disc.
Mute Math utilizes a familiar formula to shape the sounds of their second album, Armistice.
Break It Up is former Be Your Own Pet singer’s Jemina Pearl’s solo debut for Ecstatic Peace. Whereas her former band concentrated on bratty punk, here Pearl seems to be attempting to broaden her palette.
A friend asked me to describe The Prairie Cartel’s sound to him, and the first thing to come to mind was “electronic rock you could dance to while punching someone in the face.”
The Chicago-based post-rock unit Russian Circles is a three-piece group known for their instrumental approach to post-hardcore/post-melodic.
Ari Up and Tessa Pollitt are back with a band whose ingredients — punk, reggae, hip hop, and even middle eastern music — have had enough time to blend, ferment, and become spicy, pungent, and tasty.
Every town should have, assuming that it is a place worth living, a band like the Soul Movers. It makes for a great night out. Real music performed in bars for real people with real beer.
These Canadians are a hard band to pinpoint, but that is also the reason they are so damn fun to listen to.