Album Reviews

Ninja Gun : Smooth Transitions

There are no ninjas, nor guns on this record.

No. 9 : Micro Films

Like a Japanese Brian Eno for a new generation.

The Mighty Imperials : Thunder Chicken

Welcome to the international house of groove.

Holly Golightly : Slowly but Surely

It should have been called short but sweet.

U2 : How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Doing it family style for 25 years.

AM : Francophiles and Skinny Ties

Twenty minutes of cool mod-pop.

YourCodeNameIs: Milo : All Roads to Fault

Brits can do post-hardcore as well as the Yanks!

Son, Ambulance : Key

New piano-driven album from Nebraskans.

Frank Black : Frank Black Francis

It’s like two completely different artists.

Flogging Molly : Within a Mile of Home

Quick, what’s within a mile of Dublin?

Smoke and Smoke : Love Suffers Long

Northwesterners reveal their inner Gods of Thunder.