rock articles
The Cinematics: "Love and Terror"
Triceratopses to work: An album to dare all the Mollys and Duckies.2009-11-16
pacificUV: Heartwrenching Post Rock at more than 50 beats per minute
Time is the best measure of artistic success for a band. And almost a year after pacificUV released their second full-length (dryly titled "Longplay 2"), it still hasn't lost a ...2009-11-13
Portland Cello Project: "The Thao & Justin Power Sessions"
A soft spot for French horns: Kate Havnevik and Decembrists on a squishy waterbed.2009-08-07
Crystal Method: "Divided by Night"
Hitting and missing: Six degrees of Martian turntablism.2009-06-29
CD Feature/ Lawn: "Silver"
A former background in Stoner Rock: Lawn consider the song a flexible format.2009-05-15
CD Feature/ Barzin: "Notes to an absent Lover"
Keep a glass of Bourbon nearby: Notes to the Masochist in each of us.2009-05-14
CD Feature/ Michale Graves: "Illusions Live/Viretta Park"
A raucous but familial mood: Light turns to shadow and everything that was once refined now sounds raw.2009-05-04
CD Feature/ Mumiy Troll: "Comrade Ambassador"
An effective-enough toolbox: A refreshing innocence that shows clean through the Mick Jagger posturing for which it aims.2009-05-01
CD Feature/ The Sea and Cake: "Car Alarm"
Demonstratively laid-back: An Indie-oriented blend of one of the least obvious genres you'd associate them with.2009-04-21
CD Feature/ Hugh Masekela: "Phola"
As much a tribute to his voice as to his horn: Upbeat, breezy, tropical and genial.2009-04-13
CD Feature/ Fever Ray: "Fever Ray"
An odd but hypnotizing concoction: A collection of sometimes sorrowful, often reverent, always alien statements.2009-04-07
Balmorhea: All is Wild, All is Silent, All is Full of Expectation
Rob Lowe and Michael Muller are content. In fact, they're very content. Early next month, their eagerly anticipated third full-length will be released by Western Vinyl and right now, the ...2009-02-19
CD Feature/ Jim McAuley: "The Ultimate Frog"
To the borders of Improvisation: Embodies the plethora of episodes Mcauley has passed through.2009-02-16

