Contagious rock n' roll in its most traditional form. The Strypes, who hail from Ireland, bring on their full-length debut “Snapshot” the hope that classic rock n' roll is very much alive. The rootsy, bluesy, and down and dirty elements of 50s rock collides with...
Everything but the kitchen sink. Daniel Harnett has been around for awhile, just not as a recording artist. Theatre star gone rock artist, he has been successful performing live around NYC for a few decades. In this full length LP, he throws in soft meandering...
GIRL POWER! England has done it again: blessed us with an all girl band that is capable of creating an awesome noise pop album. Pins is a group of brooding females who has something to say and demand that it be heard. “It's On” is one of the slower-paced tracks on...
Rocket From the Tombs/Dead Boys guitarist embraces classic rock sounds It would be easy to assume that the first substantial studio recorded solo effort from former Dead Boys Cheetah Chrome, a 59 year old man who's ex-group's best known album was called Young Loud...
The Unicorns fans rejoice. Post Unicorns break up, fans either followed frontman Nick Thorburn or Alden Penner. The Thorburn fans had their cravings satisfied by his work on Islands albums. And while Islands albums were solid to say the least, but Alden Penner showed...
Cellar dweller garagecore Post-hardcore is a lot more than angry noise, and Creative Adult successfully manage to bring a lot more emotive depth to their first LP, Psychic Mess. Think Joy Division's dark emotions from raging California music vets. Like any proper...
Rockin' psych-surf If this album were a beverage it'd be Rockstar Energy Drink- and probably do just as good of a job keeping you up all night. “Brooklyn based Total Slacker take scuzzy, in-your-face guitar tones and send them into space” on their latest album,...
This ain’t your dad’s Sufjan This might be the collaboration of Son Lux, rapper Serengeti, and perpetual cutie Sufjan Stevens, but the biggest mistake a potential listener could make going in is expecting this to fit neatly into the catalog of any of its...
Before their show at The Dunes on 3/21, Krill and Ava Luna stopped by the WVAU studio for a tantalizing duo of energizing sets. Krill, or, WVAU Hears the Krill in-studio and Bursts Into Tears: Krill’s latest release is titled Steve Hears Pile in Malden and...
Last Friday the announcement of The Black Keys’ newest album Turn Blue was made on boxing legend Mike Tyson's twitter account. Then, three days later, two videos were released, one being a teaser for the Turn Blue and another featuring The Black Keys’...