Deerhunter Monomania (4AD Records) With their frequently shifting lineup and ever-changing sound, Deerhunter have never shied away from experimentation. For their sixth [...]

Kurt Vile Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador Records) Wakin on a Pretty Daze is a record. Few releases these days really [...]

Frank Turner Tape Deck Heart (Interscope Records) Across the Atlantic, English folk/punk troubadour Frank Turner engaged in a chart battle with none [...]

Iron & Wine Ghost on Ghost (Nonesuch Records) Under the stage name of Iron & Wine, Southern native Samuel Beam has been [...]

Clinic Free Reign II (Domino Recording Co. Ltd.) Liverpool rockers Clinic have been making weird, delightfully synthesized music since the ‘90s. For [...]

British Sea Power Machineries of Joy (Rough Trade Records) “We are magnificent machineries of joy.” With this Ray Bradbury reference, British Sea [...]

Brad Paisley Wheelhouse (Arista Nashville) Brad Paisley went to my high school in Glen Dale, West Virginia, so I feel uniquely qualified [...]

Cold War Kids Dear Miss Lonelyhearts (Downtown Music) When Cold War Kids released their debut LP, Robbers & Cowards in 2006, the band [...]

Hurts Exile (Sony Music) English synthpop duo Hurts smashed into the mainstream in 2010 with their debut album, Happiness, reaching the top ten [...]

British Sea Power From the Sea to the Land Beyond British Sea Power is one of those post-punk English bands that emerged [...]