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Album Reviews
Spin Cycle: James Iha, Look to the Sky
2004: “The truth of the matter is that guitarist James Iha broke up the Smashing Pumpkins. Not me, not drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, but James.” 2010: “I think James Iha should feel alone.” 2012: “James Iha I think is just a piece of shit. I think he’s one of the worst human beings I’ve ever met in my life.” -Billy Corgan There is a two-pronged problem to trying to provide context to a James Iha solo album: One, he is inextricably […]
Spin Cycle: Two Door Cinema Club, Beacon
UK dance rock band Two Door Cinema Club return with their second album, Beacon, and here’s a hint, it doesn’t disappoint. Read what we have to say!
Spin Cycle: Nelly Furtado, The Spirit Indestructible
Six years is a long time. Can Nelly Furtado pick up where she left off with “The Spirit Indestructible?”
Spin Cycle: Aimee Mann, Charmer
The ever-thoughtful and literate pop singer gets a modest rock makeover with a little help from some friends.
Metal Monday Volume 89 (9.24.12)
It’s refreshing to hear bands like Battlecross and now Legacy Of Disorder putting out metal albums with absolutely no gimmicks. They’re the kinds of albums that are pure thrash and all about the metal. On their latest, Last Man Standing, New Zealand’s Legacy Of Disorder come off as the second coming of Metallica with a slightly harder edge. Air sirens open up “Thorns” and warns the metal community that LOD mean business as vocalist James Robinson does a Hetfield-esque growl […]
Spin Cycle: Band of Horses, Mirage Rock
Band of Horses reign it in and craft a harmonic homage to 70s AM radio on fourth album “Mirage Rock”
Spin Cycle: David Byrne and St. Vincent, Love This Giant
Love This Giant never quite reaches the potential suggested by such a powerful collaboration.
Spin Cycle: The Avett Brothers, The Carpenter
In the realm of swaying, stomping, harmonic pop-folk, The Avett Brothers stand only in the shadow of Mumford & Sons, a recent success story that, perhaps not-coincidentally, the long-running North Carolina brother-band is starting to bear more than a passing resemblance to. Comparing Mumford’s lone album to the Avett’s discography previously yielded only superficial comparisons: po-faced, earnest lyricism; the tell-tale lilt of a banjo here and there; shouty, fractured harmonies. But where the Mumfords use their Appalachian sensibilities […]
Spin Cycle: Imagine Dragons, Night Visions
After gaining much success with their single “It’s Time” Imagine Dragon’s full length album Night Visions is finally out. Read what we have to say!
Spin Cycle: Big & Rich, Hillbilly Jedi
The hillbilly party is back as John Rich and Big Kenny return after a five year hiatus. But does the world need more Big & Rich?
Spin Cycle: Ben Folds Five, The Sound of the Life of the Mind
Folds. Sledge. Jessee. Together again, doin’ what they do and doin’ it well.