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![Review: Said The Whale – hawaiii](/uploads/300/6779-said%20the%20whale-crop-396x288.jpeg)
Review: Said The Whale – hawaiii
Hawaiii is an album that sounds exactly like what you’d expect radio-friendly indie rock to sound like. This means that it’s just as likely that a preteen girl will play their music as it is that your mom will. … read more
![Review: Psalm Zero – Force My Hand](/uploads/300/6778-psalm%20zero-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Psalm Zero – Force My Hand
It’s tough to rate the band on this debut single, because one of the two songs is a cover of Today Is The Day’s “Willpower,” which they transformed from its distorted, noise-metal roots into a gothic dirge with what the band calls “medieval vocal harmonies.” … read more
![Review: Poor Remy – Bitters](/uploads/300/6777-poor%20remy-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Poor Remy – Bitters
Folk transforms into alt-country at the end of “Cave Eyes,” concluding the album pleasantly. Try this one out for a hiking trip or a day in nature. … read more
![Review: Piano Interrupted – The Unified Field](/uploads/300/6776-piano%20interrrupted-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Piano Interrupted – The Unified Field
The mix feels like a series of hymns performed in a discotheque, transforming a club-like atmosphere into an experience both spiritual and mind-expanding. … read more
![Review: Phantogram – Self-Titled EP](/uploads/300/6775-phantogram-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Phantogram – Self-Titled EP
There’s no real pretense here: All four tracks have been plucked from the new full-length, with the main single, “Black Out Days,” being the standout with its infectious chorus and striking rhythm. … read more
![Review: Panama – Always EP](/uploads/300/6774-panama-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Panama – Always EP
It is hard to categorize this Sydney-based quartet, fronted by the talents of the classically trained Jarrah McCleary, and having now listened to the original—and fairly mellow—versions of three tracks comprising this, their sophomore EP, I would say: “disco-lite.” … read more
![Review: Ovlov – Am](/uploads/300/6773-ovlov-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Ovlov – Am
Ovlov’s instrumental simplicity is reminiscent of indie-precursors like Pavement or Mclusky. The vocals have a bit of that post-punk whininess and the lyrics are, for the most part, indiscernible, but they do it well. … read more
![Review: Orchestra Of Spheres – Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music](/uploads/300/6772-orchestra%20of%20spheres-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Orchestra Of Spheres – Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music
It’s clear by the title of the album that not even Orchestra Of Spheres know quite what to make of it. If you think that the electro-punk (another fitting definition for OOS) of LCD Soundsystem is too tame of a classification, then maybe this band is for you. … read more
![Review: of Montreal – Lousy with Sylvianbriar](/uploads/300/6771-of%20montreal-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: of Montreal – Lousy with Sylvianbriar
Lousy with Sylvianbriar takes elements of the Satanic Panic and Hissing Fauna–era that we know and love, and flips it into something totally new. Kevin Barnes intensifies the lyrical quality, making them more poetic, but thankfully not cryptic. … read more
![Review: Odessa Chen with the Invisible Stories Ensemble – The Act of Loving You](/uploads/300/6770-odessa%20chen-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Odessa Chen with the Invisible Stories Ensemble – The...
While it comes across like a Broadway soundtrack, the sincerity of the lyrics with the intoxicating quality of Chens’ voice makes the album approachable by even those who are not so theatrically inclined. … read more