Peter Woodburn12 Summers Old is the band name. Fitting, because the members sound like they are twelve years old, making music for twelve year olds. I’m not twelve years old. So, to review this seems a bit hard, because now I have to go back to the times...
Thad McKrakenSometimes the best records are the ones you don’t get off on the right foot with. I can honestly say that I one hundred percent hated bands like Guided By Voices and Sonic Youth after my initial encounters with them, and now they’re some...
Some bands are just made to play in grungy, grimey, dirty, spit-on-the-floor kind of bars. Quatre Tete is just one such band. The Chicago based trio’s newest album, Art of the State, oozes as much smoke, booze, sweat, stink, and beauty as the...
Rachel HelmQ: What do Morrissey, Beck, Paris Hilton, AFI, Cheap Trick, and Imperial Drag all have in common? A: Roger Joseph Manning Jr. … So, this guy’s been around for 20 or so years, and in this time, he’s left his handprints on...
Vee Hua 華婷婷Fever Ray is the creation of Karin Dreijer Andersson, one half of the lauded Swedish act, The Knife, and she makes music to get spiritual to. Combine the best brooding qualities of downtempo and ambient music (picture Hooverphonic meets Enya), with...
Ryan PangilinanThere are few bands from the 2001-2003 screamo explosion that have lasted as well and as long as Thursday has. While some bands (Finch, Glasseater) broke up or reformed, others such as Thrice and Senses Fail have altered their sounds dramatically to...
Judy NelsonTaking on a cover album by one of the biggest legends in country music is an impressive feat. Doing it tastefully is a whole other story. Matthew Houck, or Phosphorescent as he is more commonly known, is an accomplished musician in his own right...
Almost entirely living up to their moniker, The Curious Mystery have released a debut album that has immediately raised some perplexing quandaries in my mind. Namely: why, if you had a vocalist with as potently sensual a voice as The Curious...