Ultra High Frequency
Matter in Time
Label: White Elephant RecordingsRelease Date:Jan 2006

If you listen to Ultra High Frequency’s Matter in Time before going to sleep, there’s a high probability that you’re going to wake up with a song off the album stuck in your head when you wake up the next […]

Pony Pants
Til Death Do Us Party
Label: BadmasterRelease Date:05/09/2006

When I was 15, I would pretty much buy any release Kill Rock Stars could throw at me, so riot grrrl-influenced vocals will always hold aspecial place in my heart. No where on the record does Pony Pants vocalist, Emily JK, […]

The Sleepy Jackson
Personality: One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird
Label: AstralwerksRelease Date:07/25/2006

First and foremost, any band named after a narcoleptic band mate is ok in my book. Although that drummer is no longer with them, The Sleepy Jackson are still breaking new ground with their latest effort Personality: One […]

The Talk
The Sinners of Daughters
Label: MoRisenRelease Date:08/25/2005

When I first heard The Talk, the only song I took a listen to was the album opener Any Other Saturday, and I enjoyed it. I got the album and as a whole I did not like it, I thought it was short, and a […]

Pagoda
Seven Nights EP
Label: Lazyline RecordsRelease Date: 2005

I am a firm believer that classifications limit those who listen to music. The example I always use is this: someone says “I don’t listen to hip-hop” by debunking an entire classification that person will miss […]

Midlake
The Trials of Van Occupanther
Label: Bella UnionRelease Date: 07/25/06

Every now and then I really do get the best writing assignments, a review on the new Midlake album? I could not wait. If you are unfamiliar with the band Midlake, I feel bad […]

Bravo Silva
Self Titled
Label: Streak MusicRelease Date: Aug 2005

Before I popped the disc into my system, I thumbed the album cover. The close up shot of one of the band members of Bravo Silva reminded me of the several Jack Johnson covers I […]

Alcian Blue
S/T
Label: Elephant StoneRelease Date: 07/11/06

I, like all of us, get sick of watered down worship of the past greats. Nothing drives me crazier than some band taking something raw and beautiful and shaving the edges off, playing dress up and making […]

Glissade
Nadia
Label: Glissade MusicRelease Date: 04/13/06

Very rarely do you hear of a band breaking new ground on an EP. Its almost an unwritten rule in the world of music that EP’s are meant to be mediocre, Glissade demolishes that rule with their debut […]

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1. Danielson
Ships
MP3 | Did I Step On Your Trumpet?

How did this go from the most annoying album I’d ever heard to my thus far number […]