Music Reviews tagged with indie-rock
The National High Violet
The National return with the follow-up to 2007's landmark release, Boxer.
David Coleman reviews...
Rob Padgham Stemwinder
Rob Padgham mines his record collection for inspiration, resulting in an album full of exploration.
Andrew Baer likes the music in the northernmost corner of the Northwest...
Foals Total Life Forever
Foals aim for universal love with this follow-up to 2008's Antidotes. Acting as a litmus test which will determine your opinion of the current British indie scene, Total Life Forever is either a breakthrough release or another earnest entry into the polished homogeny of dance-rock.
Ryan Pratt reviews...
Plants and Animals La La Land
La La Land is many things: a Demi Lovato song, to be zoned out or spaced out, or the loosely conceptual sophomore effort by Plants and Animals. Which one would you pick?
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez wishes they hadn't discovered effects pedals...
Kaki King Junior
High on talent but low on ideas, Junior is a well-made non-factor of an album.
Nate Adams is bored and sort of sleepy.
Fang Island Fang Island
Did you ever want to be a firetruck or a spaceship when you grew up? Do you like roller coasters, summer time, playing wiffle ball or jumping off a high ledge on to a trampoline, only to bounce into a big warm lake with all of your friends from grade school? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, Fang Island is required listening.
Nate Adams thinks we should all drink some Surge and then go rollerblading over the Grand Canyon...
Titus Andronicus The Monitor
The Monitor is the best album of 2010 so far. Get that shit now.
Nate Adams reviews...
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Brutalist Bricks
Ted Leo's latest full length is a sloppy and uneven disappointment.
Gabbie Nirenburg reviews...
The Dodos Time To Die
The Dodos follow up last year's mini-triumph with a slick disappointment.
Brett Oronzio reviews...
Girls Album
They've got the best back-story of 2009 and a couple of cracking singles under their belt, but is this duo from San Francisco the finished article or has the hype machine sold us another dud?
David Coleman attempts to find out...
