ALBUM REVIEW: ELBOW — “BUILD A ROCKET BOYS!”
By Ryan Leas To the surprise of many, Elbow won the Mercury Music Prize in 2008 for their album “The Seldom Seen Kid.” It wasn’t that they didn’t deserve it -- they very much did, as it is an excelle...
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ALBUM REVIEW: FOO FIGHTERS — “WASTING LIGHT”
By Ryan Leas Leading up to the release of the Foo Fighters’ seventh album, “Wasting Light,” Dave Grohl often commented on how it was by far their heaviest disc to date. The claim is mainly accurate, ...
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CONCERT REVIEW: WYE OAK AT BOWERY BALLROOM
By Ryan Leas When listening to Wye Oak’s brilliant new album “Civilian,” it is hard to imagine only two people reproducing the reverb-drenched layers of the record’s spectral shoegaze/folk blend. How...
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CONCERT REVIEW: TV ON THE RADIO AT RADIO CITY
By Ryan Leas A few songs into their April 13 show at Radio City Music Hall, TV on the Radio’s multi-instrumentalist Jaleel Bunton jokingly asked for a “holy shit” moment so that the band could take i...
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