Album Review

Mission of Burma: The Sound, The Speed, The Light

By Dryw Keltz
November 2nd, 2009

Mission of Burma’s reunion hot streak continues with the powerful The Sound, The Speed, The Light.

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Album Review

Flaming Lips: Embryonic

By Dryw Keltz
October 30th, 2009

The title of the new Flaming Lips album, Embryonic, refers to how most of the songs were recorded during the very early stages of their creation. The result is an album which sounds completely foreign to what the band has been releasing since 1999’s The Soft Bulletin.

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Album Review

Polvo: In Prism

By Dryw Keltz
October 26th, 2009

Another year and another absolutely pristine reunion album from a seemingly left for dead 90’s alt-rock casualty. The band reborn this time is math-rock vets, Polvo.

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Album Review

Japandroids: Post-Nothing

By Dryw Keltz
September 30th, 2009

The noise that Japandroids muster is not too far removed from what any band on the SST label may have spewed forth in the late 80’s or early 90’s.

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Album Review

New Cheap Trick LP Documents a Day in the Life of Sgt. Pepper

By Dryw Keltz
September 24th, 2009

If you are all caught up in this latest wave of Beatlemania, may I suggest a bit of a dark horse entry – Cheap Trick covering Sgt. Pepper in it’s entirety, accompanied by the New York Philharmonic.

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Book Review

Our Noise: New Book Chronicles the Rise of Merge Records

By Dryw Keltz
September 21st, 2009

Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records is a worthy document about the colorful history of the label, but it may be an even more useful tool when it comes to examining why indies like Merge are doing so well while the majors are reeling.

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Commentary

Du-Uh-Ohs: Bring Back the Bass Players!

By Dryw Keltz
September 15th, 2009

The indie rock scene is inundated with duos these days, and unfortunately, most of them would be better off adding another member or two. What do they have against bass players?

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Album Review

Jay Reatard Watch Me Fall

By Dryw Keltz
September 3rd, 2009

So what does Jay Reatard deliver for 2009? Basically, more of his winning 2008 formula.

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