Album Reviews

Chinese Stars : A Rare Sensation

You won’t find these guys in Soldier of Fortune

Rogue Wave : Out of the Shadow

This album is so good, we’re not ready to share it.

Call and Response : Winds Take No Shape

SF band ditches bubblegum on second album.

Killers : Hot Fuss

The Killers are killer.

Potshot : Dance to the Potshot Record

Boxers and ska: how not to do the dishes.

Communiqué : Poison Arrows

They’re young, sexy and make some of the catchiest new wave pop around.

A.C. Newman : The Slow Wonder

The perfect album, as it turns out, is only 34 minutes long.

The Concretes : The Concretes

Swedish band’s debut, nine years in the making.

The Cure : The Cure

It’s hard to buy the “anger,” but Bobby still knows how to rock it.

Auf Der Mar : Auf Der Mar

Ich Bin Ein Auf Der Mar!!!

Black Eyes : Cough

DC band’s posthumous second-album invokes the power of the Lord.

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Wilco : Being There

Truly Great Album Series

The Decemberists : The Tain EP

One track. Eighteen minutes. ‘Nuff said.