The Stimulus Package: A DIY grind featuring a top-notch producer
Philly’s Freeway teams up with The Town’s Jake One for a solid album
The Stimulus Package: A DIY grind featuring a top-notch producer Read MoreAlbum reviews
Failed Graves shakes things up while keeping it simple
Local punks the Lights make one of the best rock records of 2010 so far
Failed Graves shakes things up while keeping it simple Read More
Astro Coast: A fun album from a band that will catch on quickly
Surfer Blood’s debut layers fuzzy guitars over a poppy skeleton
Astro Coast: A fun album from a band that will catch on quickly Read More
Bleach reissue & Reading DVD are near flawless
The biggest band from the 90s gets the reissue treatment and it sounds so fresh you can almost smell the flannel
Bleach reissue & Reading DVD are near flawless Read More
Alice in Chains v. 2.0: Well worth the wait
The new version of Alice in Chains, sans Layne Staley, releases a surprisingly solid album that lives up to the standards of the band’s classic material.
Alice in Chains v. 2.0: Well worth the wait Read MoreListen to the Thunder: Pure country (in a good way)
The debut full-length by Seattle’s best nine-piece country band is one of the best albums of the year.
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Beasties mix it up on ‘The Mix Up’
Instrumental goodness
Beasties mix it up on ‘The Mix Up’ Read More
Audioslave fizzles on ‘Out of Exile’
A disappointing sophomore effort from a promising band
Audioslave fizzles on ‘Out of Exile’ Read More
Audioslave: Sound Against the Machine or Ragegarden?
A big debut from a big supergroup
Audioslave: Sound Against the Machine or Ragegarden? Read More
Pearl Jam regains its ambition with Riot Act
Pearl Jam asks ‘What’s grunge got to do with it?’
Pearl Jam regains its ambition with Riot Act Read More
Ben Kweller goes from Radish to radioplay
Kweller changes gears with Sha Sha
Ben Kweller goes from Radish to radioplay Read More