El-P: Cancer 4 Cure
El-P Cancer 4 Cure (Fat Possum Records) El-P has probably given up and just wants to rub it in everyone’s faces that he called how terrible things in the world were going to get. The only solution left now, More...
David Byrne & St. Vincent: Love This Giant
David Byrne & St. Vincent Love This Giant (4AD) The worst songs on Love This Giant sound like Talking Heads songs. Let that sink in and move on to just what level this album has achieved. David Byrne, notable More...
Citizen Cope discusses his new album One Lovely Day and More
With the release of a new album in July (One Lovely Day), and a North American tour underway, the artist Citizen Cope, the man Clarence Greenwood talks the inspiration and intent of his music. From his first self-titled More...
Cosmo Jarvis: Think Bigger
Cosmo Jarvis Think Bigger (25th Frame) Cosmo Jarvis is well-accomplished, but always fell short of true pop brilliance by being too sardonic. His songs before Think Bigger were filled with sardonic lyrics to More...
Oh No: Ohnomite
Oh No Ohnomite (Brick Records) Everything about Ohnomite seems lazy. The principal rapper here, Oh No, seems distracted when delivering his verses, which come out in a slow drawl, unraveling  in a “relaxed” More...
Bloc Party: Four
Bloc Party Four (Frenchkiss Records) Four carries the weight of Silent Alarm (the band’s first album), much like their second and third albums did. And while Weekend in the City (#2) and Intimacy (#3) More...
Dent May: Do Things
Dent May Do Things (Paw Tracks) On Do Things, Dent May makes moody, yet inspirational light pop rock. The opening track sets high standards for the aspirations of the band. “I don’t wanna be just More...
Shintaro Sakamoto: How To Live With a Phantom
Shintaro Sakamoto How to Live With a Phantom (Other Music Recording Co.) On How To Live With a Phantom, the artist Shintaro Sakamoto learned how to play bass and made up slow jams to show the world he was more More...
Aesop Rock : Skelethon
Aesop Rock Skelethon (Rhymesayers Entertainment) There are very few rappers who are as adept as Aesop Rock at creating such inventive rhymes, spontaneously and with sparse beat production. Because of the stream More...
Sara Watkins: Sun Midnight Sun
Sara Watkins Sun Midnight Sun (Nonesuch Records) Sara Watkins gained recognition among other musicians because of her fiddle playing. It’s not a surprise then that on Sun Midnight Sun, her fiddle firmly More...
