Records
No Age: Everything in Between
Something changed within No Age. Following several records described by our Alan Baban as being hindered by their “unilateral and...
Nov 01, 2010
Records
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band: Where the Messengers Meet
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band is an uncomfortable name to stick to a band, as loaded with portent as it...
Nov 01, 2010
Records
Language Room: Language Room
A problematically large part of any given person’s response to music—all art really, but music in particular—is emotionally contextual. I...
Nov 01, 2010
Tracks
Girls: "Heartbreaker"
Girls’ 2009 debut is the kind of album that’s not easily forgotten. I’ve been listening to Album consistently for about...
Nov 01, 2010
Records
Waka Flocka Flame: Flockaveli
The irony in the Drumma Boy drop imploring the listener to “Listen to this track, bitch!” that plays before a...
Oct 29, 2010
Records
Warpaint: The Fool
Consider, for example, Warpaint: the perfect storm of an indie rock band. Warpaint is Chillwave rendered Actual via the performance...
Oct 29, 2010
Records
A Sunny Day in Glasgow: Autumn, Again
A Sunny Day in Glasgow put out my favorite album of 2009, and it’s aged well. Ashes Grammar remains a...
Oct 29, 2010
Records
The Extra Lens: Undercard
If you are a John Darnielle enthusiast and you live in the same place long enough, you have probably come...
Oct 29, 2010
Articles
A Door That Doesn't Close
I’ll be the bowler hat in the corner, having a conversation with your cat.
Oct 29, 2010