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Subtitle - Young Dangerous Heart
A Lackluster AttemptYoung Dangerous Heart is Subtitle’s newest venture, which, while having strong production values and style, isn’t an album that really deserves more than a few listens before it can be forgotten.One...
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White Stripes Album Complete
In only two weeks Jack and Meg White recorded the follow-up to Elephant, their popular and critically acclaimed 2003 release. The album doesn't yet have a title or a release date, but there are hopes that it will be out in time for the Glastonbury...
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Lou Barlow - Emoh
Kid Tested, Mother ConfusedWith a voice reminiscent of Elliot Smith and a style epitomizing Raffi, Lou Barlow reenters the music scene in slow, slow motion. You may remember him from Folk Implosion, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr., or from his early 90's...
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They Might Be Giants Play for Kids
They Might Be Giants' latest releases, a CD and DVD, are directed at an audience even younger than the one most pop music is today: young children. "Here Come the ABCs" isn't the band's first foray into kiddie music and the band promises it won't be...
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Mae - The Everglow
Proper Aesthetics In Multisensory ExperiencesThe "Prologue" on The Everglow contains a crackling introduction, instructing the listener to view the album artwork as they experience the music. The watercolor paintings, in tandem with the songs,...
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Dashboard Scraps Album; Starts Fresh
Chris Carrabba confessed his dissatisfaction with the recently completed new Dashboard Confessional album. It seems to have failed to register emotionally with the man who'd created it. After scrapping the project, it only took four weeks for...
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Sparta Touring and Recording
Frontman Jim Ward has discussed some of his plans for a follow-up to Sparta's last album, Porcelain. The band is planning to embark on a variety of low-key mini-tours throughout the year and hold recording sessions as inspiration hits. There is an...
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Prefuse 73 - Surrounded By Silence
Crossing Over?Prefuse 73, aka Scott Herren, is a man on a mission. With his debut album Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives he single-handedly created a new subgenre within the Hip-Hop landscape, often referred to as...
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