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The Black Keys: El Camino
In case you haven’t noticed, the Black Keys are kind of a big deal. The duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney coalesced during the post-millennial garage rock craze, and they’ve emerged as the
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Ty Segall: Singles: 2007-2010
Since his 2008 debut Horn The Unicorn, Ty Segall and his raucous backing band have slowly been making a name for themselves, evolving their sound ever so slightly with each new release. Over a
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Sigur Rós: Inni
“Sometimes we feel like we’re putting people to sleep while we’re playing,” Georg Hólm once proclaimed in an interview. The Sigur Rós bassist’s candid honesty reflects the genuine humbleness of the Icelandic orchestral rock
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Can: Tago Mago (40th Anniversary Edition)
Perhaps it’s something in our DNA that makes us susceptible. Maybe it’s in the very air we breathe. A leftover chemical weapon from Germany’s vast wartime experimentation. Whatever the case, there’s something about the
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Rediscover: Failure: Magnified
Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. A band ultimately and tragically defined by their name, Failure was all at
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Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here: Experience Edition
Bob Dylan following up Highway 61 Revisited with Blonde on Blonde; A Tribe Called Quest laying down Midnight Marauders after Low End Theory; The Boss giving us Darkness on the Edge of Town three
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Youth Lagoon: The Year of Hibernation
Trevor Powers, aka Youth Lagoon, is a young multi-instrumentalist who retreated into solitude to record an album on themes of youth, nostalgia and heartache. A brief description such as this would not lead one
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Nirvana: Nevermind: 20th Anniversary Box Set
There is very little new that can be said about Nevermind. In the 20 years – an expanse of time that likely makes more than a few of us feel very, very old and
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Revisit: Bruce Springsteen: The Rising
Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. As the legend goes, shortly after 9/11, Bruce Springsteen was stopped by a stranger in a nearby car who
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