Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax’s 1961 release of southern field recordings, Sounds of the South, is an eight-disc extravaganza of delta blues, gospel and southern folk music entrenched in a rich...
There are no two ways about it: You either love or hate Of Montreal. False Priest should be no exception.
Swedish songstress Robyn mostly lives up to her reputation as a diva of electropop with her newest album, Body Talk, Pt. II.
Since their 2002 debut Turn on the Bright Lights, Interpol has made their name with prominent bass runs, haunting vocals and jarring guitar lines.
Listeners drawn to Mike Posner by way of his mixtapes are going to find a much different artist occupying 31 Minutes to Takeoff.
Many bands find themselves struggling to juggle the competing demands of innovation and marketability. Far too many albums are dragged down by this weight, losing the energy and drive that debuts...
The star-studded indie comedy The Kids Are All Right delves into the normalcy of unconventional family life.
What happens when the curatorial drive of the local alt-weekly grows beyond its physical pages? The nation’s largest music festival, for one, South by Southwest, is run by the Austin Chronicle; the...
In honor of Durham-based Churchkey Records’ third birthday, Recess’ Kevin Lincoln interviewed Spider Bags frontman Dan McGee. Spider Bags is set to release a single, “(Let’s) Take It Easy Tonite,”...
“Sorrow found me when I was young,” the National frontman Matt Berninger sings on “Sorrow,” High Violet’s second track. “Sorrow waited, sorrow won.”
This summer marks the third iteration of Duke Performances’ now annual Music in the Gardens series, a string of concerts in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens that allow showgoers the opportunity to come...
Drake’s debut LP Thank Me Later—delayed more than once and lustfully hyped—sounds so effortful that you half-expect your iPod to be sweating when “Thank Me Now” drones to a close.
With Lidell, instead of a bleary-eyed Texas romantic with a pickup, you get to be a whipsmart young lover who learned soul music in a jazz club.
Ratatat’s music has always been easily identifiable—debuting six years ago with a unique take on electronic rock. On the simply titled LP4, however, their once-fresh style is beginning to sound...
Bionic: utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous or intricate tasks. Long-established pop star Christina Aguilera seems to have...
With The Wild Hunt, Kristian Matsson may just live up to his moniker, because he has made an album that will force the listener to look upwards to find the source of his sweet music.
