Deer Tick: Negativity
Deer Tick Negativity (Partisan Records) Deer Tick naming their album Negativity is an idea so obvious most bands would have immediately discarded it. It’s like if Jane’s Addiction called an album AnDRUGynous, More...
Bobby Womack: Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – The American Singles 1967 – ’76
Bobby Womack Everything’s Gonna Be Alright: The American Singles 1967 -’76 (Snapper UK) In 1848, James W. Marshall was working at Sutter’s Mill in California when he found gold. The events that More...
Ty Segall: Sleeper
Ty Segall Sleeper (Drag City) If you believe in the law of averages, this was only a matter of time. With the sheer volume of music Ty Segall puts out, an acoustic album was inevitable. Then again, Segall is perhaps More...
Franz Ferdinand: Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Franz Ferdinand Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (Domino Recording) For a brief period in 2004, Franz Ferdinand was the best pop group in the world. “Take Me Out” was the ubiquitous single that I More...
King Khan & The Shrines: Idle No More
King Khan & The Shrines Idle No More (Merge Records) King Khan is a man that gets around. You may have first heard him with The King Khan and BBQ Show or the Tandoori Knights or The Almighty Defenders. The first More...
Superchunk: I Hate Music
Superchunk I Hate Music (Merge Records) I Hate Music seems like a really dumb title for an album. Like some jerk musician is saying, “Look how cool and detached I am.” But this is Superchunk, a true fan’s More...
Queens of the Stone Age: …Like Clockwork
Queens of the Stoneage …Like Clockwork (Matador) When Queens of the Stone Age released their last album, 2007′s Era Vulgaris, no one seemed particularly impressed. While that album certainly wasn’t More...
The Men: New Moon
The Men New Moon (Sacred Bones Records) New Moon is The Men’s fourth album in four years. In that brief time they’ve had a shift in musical style almost as extreme as The Beatles’. Except their More...
Melvins: Everybody Loves Sausages
Melvins Everybody Loves Sausages (Ipecac Recordings) Being a fan of The Melvins has always been exciting because they seem to live by that old adage; Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted. They’ve done More...
Tyler, The Creator: Wolf
Tyler, The Creator Wolf (Odd Future LLC) In many ways, Wolf is a continuation of 2011′s Goblin. Tyler, the Creator’s favorite lyrical themes are still here, as is his general approach, which combines More...
