REVIEW: ARCTIC MONKEYS – TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO (2018)
One of the biggest rock bands in the world is set to release one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, and Alex Turner doesn’t want to talk about it. Outside of a ha
REVIEW: COLD WAR KIDS – LA DIVINE (2017)
LA Divine is the product of a band that still has energy and ambition, momentum and creativity. For the Cold War Kids to still be channeling those forces on their sixth album
REVIEW: FOXYGEN – HANG (2017)
Hang is an album of hope: stay strong, follow your dreams, believe in yourself, don’t give up– hang in there. The lyrics to Hang closer, “Rise Up,” say it al
REVIEW: MIDNIGHT RERUNS – FORCE OF NURTURE (2015)
Midnight Reruns’ sound is one that is compellingly carefree. The Milwaukee quartet creates songs perfect for soundtracking a roller-coaster ride, a Pete and Pete episo
REVIEW: BORN RUFFIANS – RUFF (2015)
RUFF is the Born Ruffians fourth album and it documents a band channeling through the refusal, frustration, unrest and even some acceptance of becoming just another
REVIEW: THIRD EYE BLIND – DOPAMINE (2015)
After years of prolonged and unfulfilled anticipation, Third Eye Blind finally releases their new album, Dopamine. It’s the San Francisco band’s first album sinc
REVIEW: RIVER CITY EXTENSION – DELIVERANCE (2015)
River City Extension knows how to win an unfamiliar crowd over. I’ve seen it. It was in August 2012. New Jersey’s River City Extension was touring as openers for enchanting Por
REVIEW: FIELD GUIDES – BOO, FOREVER (2014)
On their debut album, Boo, Forever, Brooklyn-based Field Guides deliver a collection of songs that merge literary inspirations with charming pop likeability. The alb
REVIEW: INTERPOL – EL PINTOR (2014)
“All the Rage Back Home” the lead single off of Interpol’s fifth album, El Pintor, recalls an excitement, a fevered energy that hasn’t been notably prominent in t