by Music Team | May 15, 2014 | Album Review
Upon receiving my assignment to review an album entitled Sesame Streetcar Named Disaster I immediately found myself with an overpoweringly negative bias. I typically don’t mind bands trying to be witty within their work, but something about Milk Carton Superhero’s...
by Music Team | May 15, 2014 | Album Review
MUSIC REVIEW It’s safe to say Real Estate’s album Atlas is easy on the ears… but in my opinion it may be too easy. All the elements are there: soft guitar riffs, silky soprano vocals, a sense of sorrowfulness, perhaps a hint of nostalgia. But it’s nothing that...
by Music Team | Mar 22, 2014 | Album Review
MGMT’s newest, self-titled, record is a long, strange trip away from where they started on their debut, Oracular Spectacular. Combining lush, processed post production (courtesy of producer and psych wizard Dave Fridmann) with droning song structures the band has...
by Owen Martin | Mar 21, 2014 | Album Review
This Turkish band may think they know how to rock out, but the new pop/jazz/rock style is a memo I must have missed. Painted On Water, produced by Demirkan, is a painful listen for the fellow rock lover. The album, Chicago Issue, is a jerk jazzy sound that is “spiced”...
by Owen Martin | Mar 20, 2014 | Album Review
Music Review: Eddie B- Paper, Piff & Polo As it turns out, Paper, Piff & Polo is a pretty fitting title for this record as it’s just about all Eddie B talks about for the entire 48 minute disc. In fact, I have no personal knowledge of Eddie B or anything...
by Owen Martin | Mar 20, 2014 | Album Review
Polly Scattergood, Arrows Album Review Olivia August Polly Scattergood’s sophomore album is relatively unimpressive. Many critics have described both the album and her overall sound as “dark”, but I think this description is topical, at most. Scattergood’s lyrics are...
