Reviews

Silversun Pickups Neck Of The Woods This review originally ran in AP 287. Silversun Pickups have become one of rock’s more surprising success stories in the past half-decade. The Los...

You Love You After 2008's We Love You and now You Love You, it would seem Semi Precious Weapons are quickly exhausting all the possible permutations. The same goes for...

Ryan Adams And The Cardinals Cardinology With the Cardinals holding steadfast by his side, Ryan Adams asserts a distinctly Americana ethos into dynamic, woven layers of rock on Cardinology,...

Pig Destroyer Natasha Up until 2004’s Terrifyer, Pig Destroyer’s left field grindcore was still clearly identifiable as just that: Grindcore. Anyone who made it through Terrifyer’s face-peeling first disc...

Styrofoam A Thousand Words Styrofoam’s 2004 full-length Nothing’s Lost was a groundbreaking mix of twitching electro-quirks and organic melancholy. But on the slick A Thousand Words, Arne Van Petegem...

CSS Donkey Although CSS returned to their native Brazil to record their sophomore effort, the hot-pink pop of Donkey has everything to do with spunky American Top 40 and...

Ninja Gun Restless Rubes It looks like 2008 has been a pretty good year for punk bands that aren't afraid of aping some classic radio rock. While most Bruce...

Lucero Nobody’s Darlings Lucero are a great band. Unfortunately, their fifth full-length, Nobody’s Darlings, isn’t a great album-in fact, it barely qualifies as “okay.” Maybe it has something...

Electric Six I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master You aren’t going to find a whole lot of people who can reel off...

Counterparts You're Not You Anymore There are some great records that require a few listens to fully appreciate. You’re Not You Anymore is not one of them. Like love...