“Music” Archives

These songs rarely feel as compelling as it seems like they should be.

A record that punches holes through what the trained ear would classify as “beat-driven hip-hop.”

I wish I could find it more lovely, but it all feels a bit too fake for my tastes.

An utterly compelling release and one that further establishes and cements the band’s reputation with each listen.

Worm Is Green has been honing their sound since 2000, and it shows.

Beau Jennings’ music won’t immediately grab you but its simple charms and honest emotion will grow on many listeners.

Overall, the EP feels like a transitional work to span the gap until a release that really displays the band’s talents.

Set Fire to Flames really manages to capture the sound of human madness and fright.

Though it starts off in jazzy pop-lite territory, Stina Nordenstam’s debut develops an emotional wallop by its end.

The post-rock band smooths out their sound… but that’s not necessarily a good thing.

There’s much that I do like about this album, but it’s in the subtler, more restrained moments.

This comp, though far from comprehensive, focuses on a small slice of time from shoegazing’s heyday.

On Until He Finds Us, Timonium don’t re-write the Book of Slowcore so much as edit it subtly.

This single divorces the two sides of Broken Social Scene’s music and explores each in greater detail.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who wrote such doomed poetry in study hall, and it warms my heart to finally hear it put to such exquisite music.