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Wednesday - "I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone" | Album Review

Wednesday - "I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone" | Album Review

if indie rock albums could be measured by how effectively it evokes of the teenager experience, I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone would be nothing if not a triumph. The sophomore effort from the Asheville, NC quintet is a dark, deep work that captures the emotional messiness and simmering irascibility of adolescence with a searing accuracy.

Ghost Funk Orchestra - "A Song For Paul" | Album Review

Ghost Funk Orchestra - "A Song For Paul" | Album Review

Ghost Funk Orchestra, the recording-come-live-band-juggernaut project of once solo artist Seth Applebaum curves the past in their own way. A Song For Paul lands somewhere between Bitches Brew, Weather Report and Can, a cacophony thusly slathered in New York’s grime and impatience. 

Sleeping Bag & Rozwell Kid - "Dreamboats 2: A Real Chill Sequel" | Album Review

Sleeping Bag & Rozwell Kid - "Dreamboats 2: A Real Chill Sequel" | Album Review

Hudkins and Segedy have again combined their forces to craft the sequel to Dreamboats, to which they’ve given the appropriate name of Dreamboats 2. Right off the first few chugging bass notes and vocal oohs in “Absolutely,” Dreamboats 2 announces itself as a celebration of friendship, of collaborative artistry, and of honing a craft.

Old Table - "Sexual Reproduction (11 1/2 Year Anniversary Edition)" | Album Review

Old Table - "Sexual Reproduction (11 1/2 Year Anniversary Edition)" | Album Review

Old Table can sometimes be reminiscent of the music of Daniel Johnston or Guided by Voices in that the pop brilliance seems completely uncalculated- Will’s craft could better be described as song-channeling  than songwriting. Where Old Table differs from the aforementioned acts, though, is the lyrical content.

Pedazo De Carne Con Ojo - "¿Pero Like Cómo E'tá?" | Album Review

Pedazo De Carne Con Ojo - "¿Pero Like Cómo E'tá?" | Album Review

The sub-30 excursion is colorful and bustling. Fusing hip-hop and salsa with elements of pop and bachata, Pero is teeming with Pedazo De Carne’s originality and uninhibited creativity. The artist keeps the music of his youth in mind, combining traditional Dominican styles with the contemporary sensibilities of footwork, rap and R&B.

Youbet - "Compare and Despair" | Album Review

Youbet - "Compare and Despair" | Album Review

Compare and Despair is the first album under the name of Youbet, the alias of NY musician Nick Llobet and introduces the audience to an aural playland that carries so much within it. This musical world is one that lives in a unique space that balances a sort of playful naivety with an unsettledness in all it undertakes.

Amar Lal - "Gardening" | Album Review

Amar Lal - "Gardening" | Album Review

Before releasing Gardening, Lal was best-known as a guitarist for one of the best post-hardcore bands of recent memory, Big Ups. You never would have guessed it based on the music of Gardening. He recently moved and went through his exceptionally varied logs of field recordings and mixed audio, to be codified into what would become this album.

Xetas - "The Cypher" | Album Review

Xetas - "The Cypher" | Album Review

Much anticipation preceded The Cypher when Xetas first announced it last year. With its release, the band has proven itself as one ready to emerge further in the new decade. The Cypher is at once cynical and hopeful, self-aware and glaring, hungry to make listeners understand the downward spiral of our world and the possibility of working to lift it up.

Blacker Face - "Distinctive Juju" | Album Review

Blacker Face - "Distinctive Juju" | Album Review

Blacker Face may be one of the punkest bands active in the US right now. This is apparent not only from the brash way they blend styles into a recondite arch of rock and rebellion, but also from the deliberately confrontational approach they bring to music, and the conversations it generates. Their most recent album Distinctive Juju is likely the fullest realization of their message and sound to date.

Alien Nosejob - "Suddenly Everything Is Twice As Loud" | Album Review

Alien Nosejob - "Suddenly Everything Is Twice As Loud" | Album Review

The wobbly pop leanings of Various Fads And Technological Achievements has been darkened by a heavier sound this time round and this is no bad thing. Where that release channeled those other solo sonic adventurers R. Stevie Moore and Syd Barrett, the noise and thrash has been turned up significantly. 

Twin Tribes - "Ceremony" | Album Review

Twin Tribes - "Ceremony" | Album Review

Ceremony is their second album and was released back in December while everyone was busy making lists. The album finds the band building upon their first album Shadows. The stark black and white cover sets you up for exactly the kind of album you’re going to hear, along with the name of the album noting the debt paid to the past.