Music Reviews tagged with 9/10
Panda Bear Tomboy
With Tomboy, Panda Bear offers a proverbial yet remarkably resonant and dense album full of covertly personal 60s-esque material that reflects much of the experimental influences of his past, while still maintaining an innovative and pleasing sound.
Andrew Williams reviews...Low C'mon
After a long time away, slowcore pioneers Low return with their third, and best, album for the hallowed Sub Pop label.
Mark Davison falls in love all over again...Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972
Tim Hecker merges electronic elegance with sonic destruction on his latest full length.
Marc Higgins is impressed...Josh T. Pearson Last of the Country Gentlemen
The new record from the enigmatic Josh T. Pearson deserves the glowing critical reception it has received.
Marc Higgins reviews...Fang Island Fang Island
Did you ever want to be a firetruck or a spaceship when you grew up? Do you like roller coasters, summer time, playing wiffle ball or jumping off a high ledge on to a trampoline, only to bounce into a big warm lake with all of your friends from grade school? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, Fang Island is required listening.
Nate Adams thinks we should all drink some Surge and then go rollerblading over the Grand Canyon...Liars Sisterworld
I still think they might be the best thing going. And they do it again.
Alan Shulman reviewsField Music Field Music (Measure)
After exploring individual solo projects, the Brewis Brothers bring back the Field Music moniker with Measure, a courageous synthesis into the creation of the double album.
Juan Edgardo Rodriguez reviews...Wild Beasts Two Dancers
Wild Beasts' second album within a year is an intricate, insightful and rather incredible offering.
Daniel Dylan Wray reviews...Worriedaboutsatan Arrivals
The best, and probably only, IDM infused post-rock (or is it post-rock infused IDM?) record you'll buy all year.
Andrew Baer would be paranoid if he listened to this by himself late at night...Foreign Born Person to Person
Foreign Born's sophomore release offers slick, intricate indie rock complete with horns, harmonicas, strings, woodwinds, and more than a few percussive instruments. If these guys don't make it big, I'll eat my ironic hat.
Jaclyn Elgeness has something new to exhaustively push on her friends...