Midwest is Best, Midwest is Death: The Replacements Live in 2015
Were the Replacements any good during their 2015 reunion tour? JP answers that question and analyzes the region that made the Replacements what they are.
2015
2015
Record Review: Hemlock Ernst & Madlib – Trouble Knows Me
Trouble Knows Me, the partnership between Future Islands' Samuel T. Herring as Hemlock Ernst and Madlib is intriguing, but still needs a ton work.
Album Review: Hilary Duff – Breathe In. Breathe Out.
For what it's worth Arron enjoyed Hilary Duff's Breathe In. Breathe Out. much more than Taylor Swift's 1989, but that's not saying much.
Missing Music: Four Lost Albums
Inspired by Dr. Dre's Detox and Grimes so-called Lost Album, M. Milner takes a look at lost albums by Prince, The Kinks, The Stokes and more!
Album Review: Beach House – Depression Cherry
Beach House, have made precisely the type of record in Depression Cherry that Beach House would make at this point in their career and that's okay.
Day Wave – 8.19.2015 – Mercury Lounge, NYC
Day Wave played a sold out show at the Mercury Loung in NYC. We were there to catch it and Jackson Phillips' tunes on Headcase come across excellent live.
Album Review: Locrian – Infinite Dissolution
Infinite Dissolution tries to incorporate new elements within the Locrian’s barriers and is thematically loyal to the sense of destruction, but fails.
Adopt This Album: Weakwick – For Show
Weakwick's For Show is a nauseating whirlwind of precipitous guitar and drum work that at times sounds like a rusty carnival ride that shouldn't be riden.
Album Review: Leon Bridges – Coming Home
On Coming Home, Leon Bridges certainly joins the class of modern artists who were inspired by sounds of the past, yet were able to mix their own flavor.
Album Review: Bullet For My Valentine – Venom
There really isn't much else to cover here. It's not that Bullet For My Valentine's Venom is terrible, it's just so paint-by-numbers, it's beyond boring.