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Alkaline Trio - This Addiction Review After expanding their musical boundaries with their last two albums, Alkaline Trio is returning back today to what made their music so addictive. Their seventh studio album (and Epitaph/Heart and Skull debut), This Addiction, takes cues from their dearly loved earlier records, such as Goddammit and From Here To Infirmary. [...] The Phoenix Foundation - Happy Ending Review Led by oddball singer/songwriter Samuel Flynn Scott, Wellington sextet the Phoenix Foundation are surely the most potent band to come out of New Zealand since the far-off days of the Chills. Happy Ending has already secured glowing praise from such compatriots as Neil Finn and Flight of the Conchords, [...] Good Shoes - No Hope, No Future Review Could this be the most apt album name ever? I first heard of Good Shoes when their song ‘Morden’ came on the radio one night, which is rare as I hardly ever listen to the radio anymore. I also never answer my house phone. ‘Morden’ was a fairly decent [...] The Bravery - Stir the Blood Review The Bravery’s second album famously failed to come out over here, despite the band having at one time been neck-and-neck with The Killers in the new new romantic stakes. While they’ve slipped out of view for us, (and, indeed, you’ll only be able to buy this album on import [...] Beach House - Teen Dream Review Beach House’s sound was fully formed at the time of their 2006 debut. They had slow, shadowy dream-pop down; at times they recalled Mazzy Star or Galaxie 500, but songs like “Apple Orchard” and “Master of None” had a dark and blurry resonance all their own. Artists that start out [...] Album Review: Faber Drive – Can’t Keep a Secret Taking an intricate look at a band in the leagues of Faber Drive requires a little more effort than most contemporary rock bands on the market. I mean sure they pretty much sound like any other current up and coming artist who can perfect modern production [...] Passion Pit “Manners” Review Even if the rock kids aren’t doing the standing still as much these days, indie-friendly electro-pop bands are still liable to have their own backs against the wall– Hot Chip with their Urkel affectations, Junior Boys’ overriding permafrost, Cut Copy and their unflappable cool. Despite residing on the always trustworthy Frenchkiss, Passion [...] Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea (Review) When Corinne Bailey Rae crossed the Atlantic in 2006 following one of the last blitzkreig major label promotions, she arrived to a very welcoming US audience. Already a hit in the UK for her languid pop/folk sound, she was the perfect new star for 20- and 30-something year old [...] Howling Bells - Radio Wars - Review Juanita Stein and her trio of impossibly beautiful bandmates return with an album so formless it’s barely recognisable as the product of one of the decade’s most promising debutante bands. Sydney’s Howling Bells were one of the underrated treasures of 2006. Their self-titled debut album of haunting waltzes, country balladry, [...] Eels – End Times Review Recently divorced and having taken a substantial break from the studio, Mr. E and his talented backing band’s latest offering End Times is a glance into the soul of a singer going through emotional turmoil. Eels could never be accused of being overly chirpy, but in End Times they dive headlong [...] |
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