L.S.U.’s This Is the Healing Gets Remastered, Reissued (Review) The Chrindie classic was originally released back in 1991 by Blonde Vinyl Records. Aug 6, 2022 Music
Outnumbered by The Foreign Resort (Review) The Danish trio’s latest album is a perfectly bleak blend of razor-sharp post-punk and chilly synth-pop. Mar 27, 2020 Music
Lifesavers Underground’s Shaded Pain Brought Goth-y Gloom to Christian Music (Review) The band’s 1987 magnum opus is a dark, haunting album that still captivates after more than three decades. Mar 1, 2020 Music
Topographies’ Difference & Repetition Perfectly Invokes the Specter of Early ’80s Post-Punk (Review) If you’re a fan of ethereal guitars, icy synths, Cure-ish basslines, and haunting vocals, then this is your new favorite EP. Feb 17, 2020 Music
Longing for Home by Starsabout (Review) For fans of thoughtful, atmospheric indie-rock, Starsabout’s debut full-length is the real deal. Nov 16, 2017 Music
Posh Lost’s Wonderfully Gloomy Debut Is More Than Just Musical Nostalgia (Review) Yes, this Minnesota quintet sounds a LOT like Joy Division but their self-assured music ultimately transcends such easy comparisons. Sep 9, 2016 Music
‘Pale Horses’ Is mewithoutYou’s Most Amibitious — and Troubling — Album to Date (Review) Without a doubt, the most ambitious mewithoutYou album to date, by any standard, but also the most troubling. Jun 27, 2015 Music
A Wingless King by Writ On Water (Review) It should come as no shock that A Wingless King, the group’s newest full-length, sounds somewhat like a musical artifact unstuck in time. Sep 1, 2008 Music
Without Number by Plumerai (Review) Plumerai are clearly heading in the right direction with their sound. Nov 5, 2007 Music
Brother, Sister by mewithoutYou (Review) Brother, Sister is a perfect encapsulation of everything that’s both good and bad about mewithoutYou’s music. Oct 19, 2006 Music
Res Cogitans EP by Plumerai (Review) Though not without its flaws, this EP is proof that Plumerai have things figured pretty well out. Aug 16, 2006 Music
Songs For The Advent by Sojourn (Review) I was completely unaware that I needed a good Christmas album this year and yet this album has filled that niche quite nicely. Dec 14, 2005 Music
Silent Alarm by Bloc Party (Review) It’ll be interesting to see how this disc holds up in a month, 6 months, a year. Apr 9, 2005 Music
81:03 by Antarctica (Review) One of those albums that reminds you of all of your favorite bands and yet still sounds unique. Apr 4, 2005 Music
23:03 by Antarctica (Review) The incredible thing about Antarctica is that the musical formula, which could be so ‘80s, steers clear of the silly clichés it could easily fall into. Apr 3, 2005 Music
Bloc Party EP by Bloc Party (Review) There’s a rawness and unsteadiness to Bloc Party’s sound which is both their saving grace and greatest shortcoming. Mar 1, 2005 Music
A Brief History of the Twentieth Century by Gang Of Four (Review) This compilation captures the panic and urgency in Gang of Four’s stripped down, funked up post-punk. Aug 29, 2004 Music
The Ugly Organ by Cursive (Review) Part of me is thrilled to hear an album this brilliantly bitter. Jul 16, 2004 Music
The Blue EP by Spy Glass Blue (Review) Overall, the EP feels like a transitional work to span the gap until a release that really displays the band’s talents. Jan 20, 2004 Music
The Happiest Days of Our Lives (The Complete Joan of Arc Tapes) by My Favorite (Review) I’m glad I’m not the only one who wrote such doomed poetry in study hall, and it warms my heart to finally hear it put to such exquisite music. Jan 2, 2004 Music