By adam_schragin on Oct 4, 2011 at 11:23am in Reviews
The strange thing about nostalgia is the surprise factor involved. For example, you can account for a certain song you listened to when you were dating a certain person to dredge up certain memories, but sometimes revisiting albums from the past barely stirs a passing thought. And then there's the stuff for which you can't even account - for... Read more
More Articles - Reviews
By ira_brooker on Jul 23, 2008 at 3:32pm in Reviews
One of the many fine features of My Morning Jacket’s instant classic Z was their seamless melding of modern indie rock tropes with psychedelic and Southern rock influences straight out of 1976. The band pushes that formula even deeper on Evil Urges, leading to a maddeningly uneven album that veers haphazardly from rapturous highs to thudding lows... Read more
By ira_brooker on Jul 18, 2008 at 12:28pm in Reviews
It’s a neat trick, and rather a rare one, for an established artist to take his music in a new direction without sacrificing the signature moves that got him where he is. With Lie Down in the Light, the eternally enigmatic Will Oldham does just that, and the result makes for a satisfying if typically puzzling package. The Bonnie Prince pulls a... Read more
By erik_adams on Jul 17, 2008 at 5:10pm in Reviews
Though it was documented in a studio (The Paper House in Dallas, to be exact), Mount Righteous’ When the Music Starts possesses a youthful enthusiasm that brings to mind images of sweaty all-ages shows in rec centers, art spaces, and rental houses, the kind of places where a band can completely flout rock conventions and not have to worry about... Read more