
Calories: Calories III
Calories Calories III (Tough Love Records) Loud, messy and melodic work excitingly well on the new album, Calories III, by the Birmingham, UK band Calories. Scratchy guitars and exquisite drums allow the album to More...

Black Light Dinner Party: Sons and Lovers
Black Light Dinner Party Sons and Lovers (Decimal.One LLC) Sons and Lovers, the new album from Black Light Dinner Party, a New York-based group of four musicians, is electronic indie pop at its best. Fun, choppy More...

Aaron Sprinkle: Water & Guns
Aaron Sprinkle Water & Guns (BEC Recordings) Aaron Sprinkle’s unforgettable vocals shine on Water & Guns as well as his effortless approach to crafting stand-out music. The cerebral connection and lyrical structure More...

Lay Low: Live at Home
Lay Low Live at Home (lalala) Once “Mojo Love” begins on Live at Home, the new record from Lay Low, the realization of brilliancy is immediate. Haunting yet romantically magical songs decorate the atmosphere More...

Brett Dennen: Smoke and Mirrors
Brett Dennen Smoke and Mirrors (F-Stop/Atlantic) Smoke and Mirrors, singer/songwriter, Brett Dennen’s fifth album, is saturated in acoustic folk glory. As Dennen sings “Sweet Persuasion,” it is obvious that More...

Luscious Jackson: Magic Hour
Luscious Jackson Magic Hour (City Song) Hearing Jill Cunniff sing “Frequency,” a track from the new Luscious Jackson album, Magic Hour, brings a heady organic infectiousness that has been missed since their More...

Cut Copy: Free Your Mind
Cut Copy Free Your Mind (Modular) The electronic bliss fest of Cut Copy’s new synthpop forage, Free Your Mind, blows through with glittery party-rific synthesizers and emotively gleeful anthems. Moving with More...

Yuna: Nocturnal
Yuna Nocturnal (Verve Music Group) Singer/songwriter Yuna has long been vibrantly successful in her native Malaysia. It was after the release of her self-titled debut album that she began to experience even more More...

Ed Kowalczyk: The Flood and the Mercy
Ed Kowalczyk The Flood and the Mercy (Sony/V2) Ed Kowalczyk’s new solo album, The Flood and the Mercy, is his second since his departure from the rock group Live. It manages to carry the torch still for introspective More...

Disclosure: Settle
Disclosure Settle (Island Records) Settle, the latest album from the UK duo Disclosure has become one of the most renowned electronic albums released this year. Not only is the album setting aflame music charts, More...