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Bruce Joyner & the Reconstruction

Elements

(Haunted Lake)   www.myspace.com/brucejoynerandthereconstruction   Back in the hazy, crazy days of college-rockdom (i.e., before underground music went overground as "alternative rock more...

Lake Street Dive

Lake Street Dive

(Signature Sounds)   www.signaturesounds.com   Waving goodbye to the somewhat jaded state that's followed snoring through the deluge of over-canny/cute, self-conscious/reverential, or more...

Blixaboy

Kliks & Politics

(Astroblaque)   www.astroblaque.com   Unless you're attuned to the US dubstep scene, which compared to its UK and Euro counterparts remains decidedly under-the-radar, the name Blixab more...

The Church

Deep in the Shallows – The Classic Singles Collection

TALES FROM THE CRYPT Second Motion's Church reissues recall Aussie band at their best   By Lee Zimmerman   Arguably, the Church never really got their due. Perhaps it owed to the fa more...

Pipettes

Earth Vs. The Pipettes

(Polka Dot Sounds/Fortuna Pop)   www.fortunapop.com   These three lovely ladies made a splash a few years back with the terrific ‘50s/'60s pop influenced debut, We Are The Pip more...

Fern Knight

Castings

(VHF)   www.vhfrecords.com   If you're going to do a song cycle inspired by the way the archetypes represented by the Tarot suffuse contemporary life, you're not going to use chirpy more...

Stooges

Have Some Fun: Live at Ungano’s

(Rhino Handmade)   www.rhinohandmade.com   Imagine the astonishment experienced by a Stooges fan from the mid/late ‘80s if he were suddenly transported to 2010 and deposited di more...

Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3

Northern Aggression

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com   Devils went down to Georgia - Virginia, actually; and proceeded to deploy their own version of rock ‘n' roll scorched earth policy. Those devils wo more...

Cheap Time

Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations)

(In The Red)   www.intheredrecords.com/   Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations) is quite an impressive evolution from its feral predecessor. When going back to review Cheap more...

Bill Leverty

Deep South

(Leverty Music)   www.leverty.com   Bill Leverty is a familiar name on the American hard rock scene; his lead guitar work has been a crucial component of Charlotte, NC, hitmakers Fir more...


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