Music Reviews

Faced with the rich sonic twister of music ever churning around us, our writers strap on headphones and hunker down with these tunes and their words to lead everyone to the bottom of what sounds good right now.

Nap Attack

Music Reviews

complicated,guitar,non-melodic,time signature,Chill,Nap Attack,Chose Your Own Adventure EP,Monosyllabic Records,Carl F Gauze

Incubus

Music Reviews

Incubus,A Crow Left Of The Murder,Epic/Immortal,Andrew Ellis

Jim Boggia

Music Reviews

Six Song Sampler (David Passack Entertainment). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Vernon Reid & Masque

Music Reviews

Living Colour,Jazz,fusion,free form,instrumental,experimental,groovy,Vernon Reid & Masque,Known Unknown,Favored Nations,Joe Frietze

Ari Hest

Music Reviews

Someone To Tell (Columbia). Review by Andrew Ellis.

The Outernationalists

Music Reviews

ethnic, worldbeat, fusion, Indian, celtic, african, turkish,The Outernationalists,Ethnomixicology,Six Degrees Records,Carl F Gauze

Modest Mouse

Music Reviews

Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic). Review by Nick Plante.

Paris Texas

Music Reviews

Like You Like An Arsonist (New Line). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Poster Children

Music Reviews

Poster Children,No More Songs about Sleep and Fire,Hidden Agenda,Troy Jewell

Xiu Xiu

Music Reviews

experimental,avant-garde noise,noise rock,electro,techno,Xiu Xiu,Fabulous Muscles,5RC,Aaron Shaul

Metric

Music Reviews

Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (Everloving). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Johnathan Rice

Music Reviews

Johnathan Rice,Trouble Is Real,Reprise,Sean Slone,Extended Player 24:26

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