Year: 2014
Review: Azure Carter & Alan Sondheim – Avatar Woman
Azure Carter & Alan Sondheim = Pentangle + Nurse with Wound – Steely Dan … read more
Review: Ariel Pink – pom pom
Ariel Pink = John Maus / James Ferraro … read more
Review: Arrica Rose & the …’s – WAVEFUNCTION
Arrica Rose & the …’s = La Sera + Elysian Fields … read more
Review: Balcanes – Plataforma / Autopista
Balcanes = (Meth Drinker x Parálisis Permanente) / Creative Adult … read more
Review: Azealia Banks – Broke with Expensive Taste
Azealia Banks = Missy Elliott + Angel Haze … read more
Review: Archagathus – Dehumanizer
Archagathus = Agathocles + Repulsion + Napalm Death … read more
Review: Balmorhea – Self-Titled (2014 Re-issue)
Balmorhea = Musk Ox + Marc Euvrie … read more
Review: Antithought – Life’s Too Long
The simplistic, three-chord fist picking reflects the content of the lyrics. Fuckin’ faster than the S Line—I timed my showers with the album and probably saved quite a bit of water. Life’s Too Long is steeped in the D.C. street punk style with hairs of late ’90s punk and I look forward to their next release. … read more
Review: Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witnesses
She’s still hanging her voice on vintage Americana hooks—“I feel so lonesome I could cry,” she sings on “Hi-five”—though this is her first release with a backing band, which envelops her fiery warble in warm, complementary tunes. … read more
Review: ANNE – Pulling Chain
While the invisible line that often divides musical subgenres sometimes requires a stretch of the imagination, Portland-based ANNE (aka David Lindell) has completely jumped the shoegazer one it inherited for a decidedly electronic gothy one, on this, their “proper” debut. … read more