Album Reviews

Black Eyes : Cough

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

Black Dice : Creature Comforts

Experimental combo goes strangely accessible.

The Decemberists : The Tain EP

One track. Eighteen minutes. ‘Nuff said.

Delays : Faded Seaside Glamour

Quite possibly the prettiest debut of the year.

The Court and Spark : Dead Diamond River

Countrypolitans offer five songs of Americana beauty.

The Cardigans : Long Gone Before Daylight

The Cardigans present AM Gold sounds of 2004.

Read Yellow : Radios Burn Faster

It’s pronounced “red” yellow, if you must know.

Keane : Hopes and Fears

The guitarless wonders.

Hayden : Elk-Lake Serenade

Canadian sad-sack lightens up.

Reverend Horton Heat : Revival

The good Reverend is back to spread the Gospel.

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Rasputina : Frustration Plantation

Bringing new meaning to southern goth.

Athlete : Vehicles & Animals

Not everyone should be part of the rock scene.