Album Reviews

Clark : Body Riddle

Puzzling electro.

Thunderbirds Are Now! : Make History

Keeping it spastic.

Horse Feathers : Words Are Dead

Music is alive.

The Decemberists : The Crane Wife

Portland song-heroes take flight with fourth album.

Akron/Family : Meek Warrior

NY foursome treats audiences to “special” album.

Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton : Knives Don’t Have Your Back

Metric. Frontwoman. Knife. Fight.

Jennifer O’Connor : Over the Mountain, Across the Valley, and Back to the Stars

Singer/songwriter pushes away layers for bare emotion.

Various Artists : The Last Kiss Soundtrack

More of Zach Braff’s favorites.

Osaka Popstar : Osaka Popstar & The American Legends of Punk

This is punk?

The Cardigans : Super Extra Gravity

Unsweetened.

What Made Milwaukee Famous : Trying to Never Catch Up

Joyously fractured noise.

¡ Forward, Russia! : Give Me A Wall

Children of the revolution.

Luna : Lunafied

Luna releases another best of: their best covers.

Mikaela’s Fiend : We Can Driving Machine

The noise of cousins.

Howie Beck : Howie Beck

Remember the name.

Ray LaMontagne : Till the Sun Turns Black

Deep, yet soulful.

Envy : Insomniac Doze

From the depths…

The Black Neon : Arts & Crafts

They love the ’70s.

The Panda Band : This Vital Chapter

Good News For People Who Love Pandas.

Soccer Team : “Volunteered” Civility & Professionalism

Civic duty to rock.