Year: 2014
Review: Santé Les Amis – Sudamericana
Santé Les Amis = Valentin y Los Volcanes + The Faint / Cut Copy … read more
Review: Sharp Practise – Steal With Pride
Sharp Practise = REO Speedwagon + The Who – Little River Band … read more
Review: SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land
SBTRKT = James Blake x Jai Paul … read more
Review: Sanctuary – The Year the Sun Died
Sanctuary = Nevermore + Hellstar + Control Denied … read more
Review: Sarah Silverman – We Are Miracles
Sarah Silverman = The confident easiness of Janeane Garofalo + The irreverent Chutzpah throne of Joan Rivers … read more
Review: Simian Ghost – Youth
Simian Ghost = The Antlers + Here We Go Magic … read more
Review: Sherman Baker – Self-Titled
Is it just me (it usually is), or are our soundwaves over-saturated with quiet, reflective singer songwriters, playing the kind of bland folk that attracts men who use mustache combs and apprentice beekeepers? Sherman Baker might quell this problem. … read more
Review: Selaxon Lutberg – Simboli Accidentali
Straight up, this album will be playing when your soul goes through purgatory and wanders wistfully from heaven to hell. Fully ambient music is not my cup of tea, but this is something I’d listen to if I wanted to have a drug-induced, life-changing experience. … read more
Review: Secret Boyfriend – This Is Always Where You’ve Lived
It’s a strange, varied affair, playing like a lost soundtrack to something doomed, yet beautiful. The music ranges from synth-based melody and filtered noise (“Summer Wheels/ Mysterious Fires”), to tape-hiss-laden acoustic ballads. … read more
Review: Scott H. Biram – Nothin’ But Blood
Songs like his cover of “Backdoor Man” will put you on your ass. Biram, to me, has become the Southern roots music modern Hemingway, expressing honestly the dark parts of this life like only he can. … read more