WHY? Mumps, Etc. (Anticon) Jonathan “Yoni” Wolf has intimated that Mumps, Etc. has some deeply personal songs, and the best lines on the […]

El-P Cancer 4 Cure (Fat Possum Records) El-P has probably given up and just wants to rub it in everyone’s faces that […]

David Byrne & St. Vincent Love This Giant (4AD) The worst songs on Love This Giant sound like Talking Heads songs. Let that sink […]

With the release of a new album in July (One Lovely Day), and a North American tour underway, the artist Citizen Cope, […]

Cosmo Jarvis Think Bigger (25th Frame) Cosmo Jarvis is well-accomplished, but always fell short of true pop brilliance by being too sardonic. […]

Oh No Ohnomite (Brick Records) Everything about Ohnomite seems lazy. The principal rapper here, Oh No, seems distracted when delivering his verses, which […]

Bloc Party  Four (Frenchkiss Records) Four carries the weight of Silent Alarm (the band’s first album), much like their second and third albums did. […]

Dent May Do Things (Paw Tracks) On Do Things, Dent May makes moody, yet inspirational light pop rock. The opening track sets high […]

Shintaro Sakamoto How to Live With a Phantom (Other Music Recording Co.) On How To Live With a Phantom, the artist Shintaro […]

Aesop Rock Skelethon (Rhymesayers Entertainment) There are very few rappers who are as adept as Aesop Rock at creating such inventive rhymes, […]