AltWeeklies Wire
Jamie Lidell's Latest is a Little Sad and Sometimes Sappynew
The Brit soul singer jumps into the way-back machine for a ride to 1960s Motown in his new album, the simply titled Jim.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Patricia Sauthoff |
05-23-2008 |
Reviews
Matmos Has Intellectualized its Art to Perfectionnew
What makes Supreme Balloon interesting is that it doesn't sound like a bunch of synths being played by two guys. It sounds like a pirate radio broadcast from a hipster alien art collective, or Sigur Ros shot into the future and brought back to the present to teach us about technology.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Patricia Sauthoff |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Matmos, Supreme Balloon
'Attack and Release' Misses the Marknew
The album, which originated as a project for Ike Turner, is not awash with needless complexity, but the additional instrumentation is ancillary and never quite a part of the band’s sonic range.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
04-24-2008 |
Reviews
Daedelus Offers Up a Non-Stop Train Ridenew
Live At Low End Theory projects the sweaty dance floor of the LA hotspot.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Patricia Sauthoff |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Daedelus, Live At Low End Theory
Grammar-Dropping Doesn't Make a Band Smartnew
In the last few years the phrase "literate indie rock" has been thrown around willy-nilly to describe bands that make some sort of "smart" reference in their music. The term could easily be applied to the online-hype-driven Vampire Weekend.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Patricia Sauthoff |
02-08-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Vampire Weekend
Thao Mixes Grown-Up Sensibility With Youthful Innocencenew
We Brave Bee Stings and All is the perfect name for an album that is bold in its silliness and brings real emotions to the table.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Patricia Sauthoff |
01-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Thao, We Brave Bee Stings and All
'Destruction' is Low on Vision, High on Power & Convictionnew
A band that sells itself as the "last rock 'n' roll band" is probably one of two things: deluded or possibly right. The latter seems to be the case with Marah.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
01-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Angels of Destruction, Marah
Dax Riggs Collects the Pieces of Industrial Music Left Behindnew
With them, he begins to spin an equally unsettling portrait of epic breakups and post-punk nihilism with a distinguishable rock edge.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
01-03-2008 |
Reviews
Ben Harper is at an Inspired Moment on New Albumnew
As a record and as a collection of songs, Lifeline shows Harper is as engaged creatively as he was on any of his previous work but he sounds remarkably comfortable and reflective.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
A Successful Posthumous Collectionnew
New Moon is not as much a collection of outtakes from Either/Or as it is a mature body of work that captured the artist at his peak.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
05-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Elliott Smith, New Moon
This is How the Truth Should Sound?new
These 14 songs from Tom Morello exist somewhere between Woody Guthrie and Woody Harrelson, but not quite as compelling.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
This Debut Album is an Ambitious Projectnew
Swimming with Orange inches past its flaws, but once it grabs your attention, the struggle begins to maintain the listener’s focus.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
04-19-2007 |
Reviews
Kinda Boring, Pretty Formulaic, but Goodnew
The trio hasn't ventured off the path it's worn so well since the late 90s -- making downtempo electronic music that's just a bit too tense to fall asleep to.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Patricia Sauthoff |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 23, Blonde Redhead
Digestible Hooks, Busy Pop Lyricisms and Casual Deliverynew
Or Give Me Death, the second full-length album from Aqueduct, aka David Terry, focuses on the residual aftershocks of a relationship gone to the dumps.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aqueduct, Or Give Me Death
