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Music Album Review: Agnes Obel - "Citizen of Glass" (7.5/10)
On her latest release, Citizen of Glass, Agnes Obel takes the listener into a dreamscape of keyboards, cello and strings, occasional percussion, and the artist’s own beautiful vocals. Her lyrics ... -
Music Album Review: El Perro Del Mar - "Kokoro" (8/10)
Kokoro is absolutely worth a listen, and El Perro Del Mar is absolutely one to watch. The female Swedish pop artist forays into world music, with Chinese zither, various Asian ... -
Music Album Review: Dinosaur Jr. - "Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not" (8/10)
Dinosaur Jr. (for the past three decades) have been running with the ball passed on by the Ramones and Hüsker Dü–great anthemic rock & roll, bathed in loud and distorted guitar tones. Their latest ... -
Music Album Review: Parquet Courts - "Human Performance" (8/10)
The new Human Performance LP offers up some immediately galvanizing guitar-based rock & roll. The vocals are often reminiscent of Jonathan Richman’s, whose first Modern Lovers LP was a protopunk ... -
Album Review: XIXA - "Bloodline" (8/10)
Chicha is a style of electrified Peruvian folk music begun in the ‘60s that frequently had its lilting vocals and rhythms flavored with surf and psychedelic touches. XIXA (from Tucson) ... -
Album Review: Toulouse Engelhardt - "Mind Gardens" (9/10)
An instrumental master, Engelhardt shows off his craft as a world-class 12-string guitarist. Compositions here are by turns elegant, beautiful, meditative, intricate, psychedelic and an overall joy. A few pieces are harmonically and rhythmically complex, and ... -
Album Review: Ty Segall - "Emotional Mugger" (7/10)
Ty Segall approaches the proficiency output of author Stephen King, releasing more material in one year than most artists do in several. One suspects he’s been getting a little bored ... -
Album Review: Baaba Maal - "The Traveller" (7/10)
Veteran Senegalese Afro-pop musician/composer busts out with nine new tracks of his unique vision. Each selection is a gem of slightly different style, from slick to primal, and his arrangements ... -
Album Review: John Cale - "M:FANS" (9/10)
John Cale has always been compelling, beginning with The Velvet Underground almost 50 years ago! His latest work, "M:FANS," has him reworking a very singular piece originally titled “Music For ... -
Album Review: Tortoise - "The Catastrophist" (8/10)
Legendary instro combo Tortoise helped carve out the genre sometimes referred to as “post-rock” in the ‘90s, music that embraced and recalled minimalism and the influence of many avant-garde composers. Their first release in ...
