Mountains – Air Museum
on May 11, 2011
Air Museum is proof positive that Mountains has no interest in stagnating, yet this does not mean it is necessarily a step forward.
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gUiLLeMoTs – Walk the River
on April 26, 2011
It’s a sort-of return to the band’s style on Windowpane, but it’s hard to tell whether that’s because it’s the sound the band wanted or if they were afraid to make an album that would get panned as much as Red was.
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Small Brown Bike – Fell & Found
on April 20, 2011
At times it’s post-hardcore, other times it’s pure indie, but the one common thread is Fell & Found never stops being engaging and emotional
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The Growing Pains of Record Store Day
on April 15, 2011
After the disappointment that was Record Store Day’s inaugural year it had to find a way to become relevant. Luckily, it did.
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Voxhaul Broadcast – Timing Is Everything
on April 8, 2011
Timing Is Everything proves to be a continuation of the directionless overtones that marred Voxhaul Broadcast’s earlier work.
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Rival Schools – Pedals
on March 21, 2011
Pedals displays signs of each member’s past work without merely regurgitating it
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Analog is for Lovers: Albums That Need Vinyl Pressings
on March 4, 2011
For a while, vinyl records weren’t hip
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Red City Radio – The Dangers of Standing Still
on March 4, 2011
On the band’s first full-length release The Dangers of Standing Still, Red City Radio proves that the high points on their EP weren’t flukes.
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Still Fresh After All These Years
on March 2, 2011
Hip-hop’s identity is one that is built upon both musical style and the region in which it was created. There’s no way Wu-Tang Clan could have come out of Los Angeles, and N.W.A. could have never been founded in New York
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Not Just Another Fuck You
on February 22, 2011
Hardcore punk band Modern Life Is War got a lot of praise during its short existence, and every ounce of it was fully deserved.
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Top Songs About Inanimate Objects
on February 21, 2011
Who would’ve thought songs about answering machines, shirts, batteries and tablecloths could be so compelling?
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Prehistoric Post-Rock
on February 18, 2011
Regardless of which prehistoric species Community College actually resembles, there are some facts that are undeniable. The Chicago quartet has been spreading its instrumental post-rock around the city – as well as the rest of the state – for the last few years, and the band is able to express movement in a concise manner that sets it apart from others in the genre.
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