I dare you to find a more enlightening, uplifting, and enjoyable socially critical album released in the last 5 years. There’s and old school R&B vibe to many of the…
The Chieftains are world-famous Irish folk group. They’ve been making music for fifty years. They’ve played for the Pope. So don’t get too excited about all the guest appearances here…
Apollo Cobra’s second album revives 80s disco/dance music with startling fidelity, for better or for worse depending on your taste. Motherland has a few catchy beats (‘Motherland’ and ‘Pissed’ in…
This is kind of a strange, self-indulgent album but rewarding. Villagers mix together a lot of different sounds, with indie rock sensibilities, frequent ambient passages and occasional bursts of singer/songwriter…
Solid reggae album. Each song is upbeat and has a mellow sound. A common criticism of reggae as a whole is that it tends to sound repetitive, and it is…
That’s right. 25 tracks. TMBG make the most of this, their sixteenth album. They’re back to making adult alternative music with their characteristic goofiness, but the silliness of their music…
Matthews Heller’s self-released, self-titled album is passionate, soulful, and grungy. Heller brings classic rock sensibilities and structures to his songs, which vary from the fast-paced and yelloy to the slow…
Kid Koala combines traditional blues chord progressions with all kinds of sound effects including turntable spinning, voice distortion, autotune-like voice parts. All this makes for an interesting sound.
Goodness me, I love this album. I was first introduced with the single ‘The Fall’ and fell instantly in love with Milosh’s delicate and intimate countertenor. That’s really what I…
This is really awesome! I don’t know what to call it, but it feels very 50’s with a New Wave swing to it that had me tapping along the whole…
Same ole same ole from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Their fourth album is alright but a little too much on the ‘Meh Meh Mehs’.
Oxford, MS indie rockers Young Buffalo make an awesome showing on their self-titled EP. A massive sound is present despite the band’s having only two members, both of whom are…