Belle and Sebastian Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance (Matador Records) If you need any evidence that 2015 is going to be […]

Sonny and the Sunsets Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl Records) Sonny and the Sunsets’ new album, Talent Night at the Ashram, […]

Guster Evermotion (Ocho Mule/Nettwerk Records) Did you know that Guster was still a band? I have to admit that they were never […]

CommonUnion59 Heartbeat Serenade (self-released) Tom tom chunker, countrified popper “It’s Alright” opens Heartbeat Serenade from folk singer-songwriter duo CommonUnion59. Steve McKenzie and Laura Malasig from San […]

Sleater-Kinney No Cities to Love (Sub Pop Records) To expand on a joke I heard recently, the ‘90s are truly back when […]

Plastic Handgun Involuntary Memories (self-released) Jangley keys and a guitar swell opens into a laconic back beat of first tune “Introverts” on […]

Chadwick Stokes The Horse Comanche (Ruff Shod Records) Twenty years into his career, Chadwick Stokes, primarily known for his work with college […]

Mark Ronson Uptown Special (RCA Records) Since the beginning of his career, Mark Ronson has been a master of collaboration and nostalgia. […]

The Torn Images Reviver (self-released) We finally get a full release, this new album Reviver, after two critically acclaimed EP’s from California’s […]

Fall Out Boy American Beauty/American Psycho (Island – DCD2) Fall Out Boy has morphed from the emo/pop-punk scene of the early 2000s […]