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Male Bonding

Endless Now

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   For their second Sub Pop LP in the span of a year, Male Bonding showcase some serious growth spurts as a creative entity. The noise pop trio from London' more...

Speed the Plough

Shine

(Dromedary)   www.dromedary-records.com   On the scene for over two decades, New Jersey's Speed the Plough (or S.T.P. as they are called) [Er, you sure you don't mean Stone Temple more...

JJ Grey and Mofro

Brighter Days: The Film and Live Concert Album

(Alligator)   www.alligator.com   JJ Grey and Mofro, a dynamic combination of swamp rock, soul, blues and funk, might just be the most important band to come out of the American Sout more...

Myrick/Peacock

Myrick/Peacock

(self-released)   www.MyrickPeacock.com   Danny Myrick and Alice Peacock subscribe to the old adage that two heads are better than one, or, in this case, two voices... even though Pea more...

Big Troubles

Romantic Comedy

(Slumberland)   www.slumberlandrecords.com   After a low-key debut (Worry, released in 2010) this New Jersey quartet decided to go big time. Well, bigger time, anyway. They enlisted more...

Various Artists

¡Chicas! Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974

(Vampi Soul)   www.vampisoul.com   In a musical world increasingly populated with innovative and well-conceived record labels dedicated to re-issuing classic music from here, there more...

Matthew Sweet

Modern Art

(Missing Piece)   www.matthewsweet.com   In the years since releasing Girlfriend, something profound has happened to Mr. Matthew Sweet. A string of great and sometimes overlooked alb more...

Tyler Ramsey

The Valley Wind

(Fat Possum)   www.Fatpossum.com   Underappreciated tunesmith Tyler Ramsey caught a big break when he was asked to become Band of Horses' lead guitarist back in 2007. On Ramsey's thi more...

Bangles

Sweetheart of the Sun

(Model Music Group)   www.Modelmusicgroup.com   To some, the Bangles were the queens of novelty pop, scoring hits with a Prince cover, a love song so mushy Hallmark might have rejecte more...

Haley Bonar

Golder

(Grimsey Records)   www.grimsey.com South Dakota native Haley Bonar is one of those musicians who makes the word "prodigy" seem something of an understatement. Following the release o more...


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