ALBUM REVIEW: JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN — “THE DEEP FIELD”
By Ryan Leas With “The Deep Field,” Joan Wasser returns with her third album under the Joan as Police Womanmoniker in only four years. It’s refreshing to see an artist be so prolific in a ...
ReadmoreALBUM REVIEW: FLEET FOXES — “HELPLESSNESS BLUES”
By Michael Lello You wouldn’t be wrong to classify Fleet Foxes as part of the current neo-folk movement, but the band’s second full-length album “Helplessness Blues” takes another step toward removin...
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ALBUM REVIEW: GORILLAZ — “THE FALL”
By Ryan Leas Last March, Gorillaz released their third album, “Plastic Beach.” By the end of the year, notorious workaholic and Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn had recorded “The Fall” on his iPad ...
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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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ALBUM REVIEW: WYE OAK — “CIVILIAN”
By Michael Lello Some music doesn’t spell things out for you. It doesn’t drop you off at your destination and it doesn’t leave you with a sense of closure. Most of life is like that, really: we spen...
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ALBUM REVIEW: NOAH & THE WHALE — “LAST NIGHT ON EARTH”
By Ryan Leas Noah & the Whaleis band whose existence is a bit unusual. Part of the current indie-folk scene in Britain, groups like Noah & the Whale and Mumford & Sons share the distinction of being ...
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ALBUM REVIEW: BRAIDS – “NATIVE SPEAKER”
By Michael Lello Braids, from Canada, are often referred to as a shoegaze band, but the music is a bit too bouyant and "up" to rightfully fall into that category. A better reference point might be th...
ReadmoreNEW JESSICA 6 VIDEO: “WHITE HORSE”
Dance pop trio Jessica 6, fronted by the un-ignorable Nomi Ruiz, have released a video for the group's debut single, "White Horse." It's a track from the New York City band's forthcoming debut album, ...
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ALBUM REVIEW: BEADY EYE — “DIFFERENT GEAR, STILL SPEEDING”
By Michael Lello Looked at as a debut album -- which it is -- Beady Eye's "Different Gear, Still Speeding" is just fine. But in the wake of Oasis' dibanding, the band needed to deliver a bit more to ...
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