WORKINGMAN’S DOG
By Michael Lello There’s a fine line between honoring your influences and becoming a retro regurgitation of past genres. Dr. Dog, which has never shied away from its love of 1960s music, walks this ...
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KINGS OF LEON GET BACK TO THEIR ROOTS
By Michael Lello The only major miscalculation – if you want to call it that – Kings Of Leon ever made was writing a song that became so ubiquitous that Kidz Bob and Nickelback covered it. The backl...
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CHVRCHES LIVE UP TO HYPE
By Erika Firestone Rising hype surrounding CHVRCHES various single releases and the “Recover” EP throughout the past year has built anticipation and a solid fan base. “The Bones of What You Believe,...
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TY SEGALL AWAKES EMOTIONS ON ‘SLEEPER’
Hopefully, writing “Sleeper” gave Segall the emotional release one so desperately needs after dealing with the passing of a loved one – and the family bullshit that sometimes goes hand in hand with th...
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SWIM DEEP: “WHERE THE HEAVEN ARE WE”
By Erika Firestone Admittance is the first step. Swim Deep, admitting their lust for fame and intentions of changing pop, are the elements that are making this indie rock band from Birmingham, Engla...
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LACK OF COHESIVENESS DOOMS ‘CIVIL WARS’
By Erika Firestone Battling through ambiguity, The Civil Wars self-titled album “The Civil Wars,” is a beautiful production of country folk but lacks any sign of cohesiveness. Stuck in the gravitati...
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ALBUM REVIEW: SPINTO BAND, “COOL COCOON”
There are artists working in the rock and pop worlds that don’t write songs as much as they compose, orchestrate and arrange them. The Spinto Band is one of these acts, placing quintet in rarified a...
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ALBUM REVIEW: JIMMY EAT WORLD — “DAMAGE”
Seven albums into its career, Jimmy Eat World has developed a formula: driving rhythms, with occasional syncopation; crystalline, clanging guitars; and impassioned lyrics and vocals that frequently r...
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VAMPIRE WEEKEND — “MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY”
When Vampire Weekend burst onto the scene with its self-titled debut in 2008, the wise bet was that the band wouldn’t be able to top or equal that breathtaking effort. But here we are, five years and...
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ALBUM REVIEW: THE NATIONAL — “TROUBLE WILL FIND ME”
If there’s a universal message in the music of The National, it’s that it’s OK to not be OK. Elegantly miserable, singer Matt Berninger is at again on “Trouble Will Find Me,” the group’s sixth album a...
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