Year: 2014
Review: The Apache Relay – Self-Titled
The Apache Relay, despite sporting a pretty badass (I don’t use the term lightly) and foreboding name, are actually twee in nature. As such, they are subject to the usual comparisons: Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, and to some extent, Blitzen Trapper. … read more
Review: Sleepmakeswaves – Love of Cartography
Sleepmakeswaves = Explosions in the Sky + Russian Circles + Dntel … read more
Review: Sterile Jets – Liquor Store
Sterile Jets = Future of the Left + Mclusky + Sonic Youth … read more
Review: Sissy Spacek – Lead Their Exit
Sissy Spacek = The Locust + Wolf Eyes + Pharmakon … read more
Review: Sonny Vincent & Spite – Spiteful
Sonny Vincent & Spite = Barrence Whitfield & the Savages + Testors … read more
Review: Speed Trials – I’ve Stopped Waiting
Speed Trials = Pinback + Small Brown Bike + Boy George … read more
Review: Sinkane – Mean Love
Sinkane = Elder Island + Salt Cathedral + Nick Hakim … read more
Review: Slim Twig – A Hound At The Hem
Slim Twig = Nick Cave + Youth Lagoon … read more
Review: Snowmine – Dialects
Sounding a bit like an unsigned 4AD band complete with moody, ethereal backgrounds, lush orchestrations and sometimes-coherent-sometimes-not vocals—the Brooklyn quintet certainly distances itself from its contemporaries by creating everything by hand. … read more
Review: Snowflake – We All Grow Toward The Sea
I guess working with douchebag musicians for a living must be rough since all of the songs have a somber tone. The keyboard and guitar work is beautiful and atmospheric while the percussion is almost industrial. … read more