Music Reviews archive
Listen On 'Banga,' Patti Smith Pays Homage To Friends
June 14, 2012 – Banga is Smith's 11th studio album, and her first collection of original material since 2004.
Listen Trailer Trash Tracys: A Shoegazer's Dream
June 14, 2012 – Cool but still beautiful, "Candy Girl" is touching, revealing and almost painfully intimate.
Listen The Untold Story Of Singer Bobby Charles
June 13, 2012 – Bobby Charles recorded a memorable body of work, despite living in isolation and not performing.
Listen Elephant Micah: Message In The Mystery
June 13, 2012 – Ambiguous words, delivered with earnest passion, lend special power to "Airline Living."
Read Analog For Astronauts: An Ambient Classic Reimagined
June 12, 2012 – A UK-based group performs Brian Eno's NASA-inspired electronic music on conventional instruments.
Listen Edmar Castaneda's 'Double Portion' Of Harp
June 12, 2012 – The Colombian phenomenon raises the bar for his instrument on his new album of solos and duets.
Listen The dB's: After A 25-Year Absence, A Vital Return
June 12, 2012 – In "That Time Is Gone," the dB's singer needlessly questions the wisdom of his own band's comeback.
Listen Sidi Touré And The Sonic Heritage Of The Sahara
June 11, 2012 – When Touré plays and sings on his new album, you can feel him channeling ancient folklore.
Listen Waxahatchee: A Love Song, Without The Love
June 11, 2012 – "Be Good" chronicles a close platonic friendship, made more delicate by the risk of romance.
Listen Squarepusher: Pushing Every Envelope
June 8, 2012 – "Dark Steering" is a fitting soundtrack for life-or-death motorcycle races through neon-lit streets.
Listen Music Review: 'Can You Canoe'
June 7, 2012 – A month-long trip down the Mississippi River inspired the Okee Dokee Brothers' latest album.
Listen Paying Tribute To San Francisco DJ Cheb I Sabbah
June 7, 2012 – The inventive DJ, who fuses worldly music genres, is the subject of a benefit album titled Samaya.
Listen Tim Fite Finds The Essence Of Innocence In 'Teenagers'
June 7, 2012 – In "We Are All Teenagers," Fite nails the adolescent unease that lingers into adulthood.
Listen Japandroids: One Part Classic Rock, One Part Punk
June 6, 2012 – The duo, which sounds like Tom Petty after some Red Bull-and-vodkas, hones the scream to an art.
Read Masses Of Sound Surge After Centuries
June 6, 2012 – The British early music group I Fagiolini delights in resurrecting huge but unknown works.