In a genre like garage rock, that often relies on simplicity, tradition, and back-to-basics thinking, a band with the consistency and creativity of Osees is a rarity. In just twenty-three years, the g…
Album Review: that dog. – “Old LP”
One painful incident of media sexism is an article about this band that was cruelly headlined “That Dad”. The snide implication was that the members of that dog. had only made it to a recording booth …
Album Review: No Age – “Snares Like a Haircut”
It’s been five years since Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt released a studio album as No Age, so you would think in that time there might have been an evolution that would be evident in their new r…
Album Review: Fifth Harmony – Fifth Harmony
We want Fifth Harmony to do well. We certainly do. Not only because they’re a group of talented young women of color in a music industry that still engages heavily in white-washing and people like Dr.…
Album Review: The Rolling Stones – “Blue & Lonesome”
Not to sound mean or anything, but The Rolling Stones doing an album of blues covers is one of the most unoriginal ideas in the history of recorded music. At the same time though, it actually makes pe…
Album Review: Kings of Leon – “Walls”
Kings of Leon rolled along with the guitar rock revival of the early 2000s with their good looks, chugging riffs and swoon-worthy swagger. But it was the little things that set them apart from …
Music Review: Local Natives – “Hummingbird” Album
Even as an avid fan of indie music sung by stereotypical forlorn males, I discarded folk alternative band Local Natives’ first album, Gorilla Manor, as nothing more than an easy cash grab of the…