Music Review: It’s Album Time
By Drew Haskins | April 17, 2014“It’s Album Time,” finely produced as it is, is nothing more than an hour’s worth of high quality cheese.
“It’s Album Time,” finely produced as it is, is nothing more than an hour’s worth of high quality cheese.
Michaelson's "Lights Out" is louder, heavier and more produced than the work old fans know and love.
The organizers' hope for the festival is that it eventually becomes a mainstay of Durham culture.
While not every song is a success, the album as a whole is an important musical evolution for the singer.
Joe Henry, a veteran producer and an experienced singer-songwriter, will lend his voice to the tight harmonies and rich lyrics of Cincinnati band Over the Rhine and Los Angeles duo The Milk Carton...
Excellent singles can't enliven an album without a pulse.
There’s something intensely, enchantingly likeable about Dan Croll’s debut.
The effect is unsettling, but it does not seem contrived.
The effect is unsettling, but it does not seem contrived.
This is an album at war with itself.
This is an album at war with itself.
“Little Red” is an important artistic statement from a singer who is evolving her genre in an innovative and fresh way.
“Lost in the Dream” traffics in ‘80s rock filtered through a jam band perspective.
Stay away from this record if you’re looking for Real Estate’s grand stylistic departure from their vaguely melancholic beach vibes.
ScHoolboy Q acknowledges that while he regrets some of his actions, he is not ashamed of his past.
In many ways, “TV en Français” is textbook alt-rock, which is probably also why it’s so easy to get into.
With its string of sluggish and loosely assembled country ballads, this record ushers Beck’s steady track of strong releases to a screeching halt.
“St. Vincent” is a stone-cold masterpiece and the best album of the year thus far.
It’s obvious his music gives him peace from past troubles, and he just wants to share that with others.
While it is not progressive in any way, the album's trip to the disco is an exciting new direction for the band.