It’s hard to make vulnerability cool, but on Brutalism, The Drums do it again, and again, and again—nine times, in fact. If you’ve ever loved and lost—or felt unloved or lost—this is the album fo…
Concert Review: Pixies/Weezer – Baltimore, 3/17/19
Baltimore got lucky on St. Patrick’s Day. Both Pixies and Weezer came to Royal Farms Arena, and hundreds of green-clad fans filled the seats to cheer them on, not seeking the traditional forms of holi…
Album Review: Ex Hex – “It’s Real”
There are two Ex Hexes. The first was Mary Timony’s third and final solo album. The ’90s saw the indie rock powerhouse hopping from band to band, project to project; She was the frontwoman of the accl…
Album Review: Karen O and Danger Mouse – “Lux Prima”
Not too many music producers are widely known by name. Danger Mouse is one of the esteemed few. Even if you haven’t heard of him, chances are you know his work. In 2004, his mashup of the Beatles’ Whi…
Concert Review: Wicca Phase Springs Eternal — College Park, MD, 3/16/19
MilkBoy ArtHouse, across the street from the University of Maryland, is tiny, conducive to talking to strangers. On Saturday night, the guy next to me at the barricade had face tattoos; he got them la…
Interview: Sean Bonnette of AJJ
AJJ does not make music that you can hear and dismiss. After just a few lines, it demands your opinion. People That Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World, one of the band’s most ren…
Album Review: Weezer – “The Black Album”
“Raw… constructed perfectly.” “One of the greatest songs of the decade.” These are words that critics have used to describe “Say It Ain’t So,” the third single from Weezer’s 1994 debut album. Th…