It’s hard to believe a band can release four perfect albums in a row, but that’s essentially what The National … More
Tag: Album Review
#5 – Pleasure
Feist disappeared for quite awhile, and who could blame her? The Metals (2011) album cycle was particularly lengthy, prolonged by a … More
#6 – City Music
Every September long weekend for the past 13 years, I’ve gathered up five friends for a four-night camping trip. On last … More
#7 – Hug of Thunder
Much like Florence + the Machine in Britain, Broken Social Scene remain purveyors of bombastic maximalism in an era of popular … More
#8 – Capture
Thunder Dreamer were my biggest discovery this year. I had never heard of the band until late May, when they … More
#9 – Antisocialites
I have a love/hate relationship with dream pop. Too much gauze and things lose their edge in all the wrong … More
#10 – Painted Ruins
Like all Grizzly Bear albums, Painted Ruins marries dense, layered instrumentation and oblique lyrics. They fashion difficult yet rewarding albums filled with … More
#1 – A Moon Shaped Pool
In Pitchfork’s list of the top 50 albums of 2016, contributor Jeremy D. Larson wrote,”After eight albums of labyrinths and … More
#5 – Eyes On The Lines
Steve Gunn’s career has been on an upward trajectory ever since he released his first full-band outing, Time Off, back in 2013. … More
