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Album Reviews
Teen-a-rama

Teen-a-rama

Teen-a-Rama: Featuring the world’s youngest rock critic By Jarrett Koral 12/21/2011
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here: Experience (EMI)

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here: Experience (EMI)

Spun: Remastered album reveals new ear-blowing details, plus alternate mixes and live cuts By Michael Gallucci 12/21/2011
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish: Deluxe Edition|Siamese Dream: Deluxe Edition (EMI)

The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish: Deluxe Edition|Siamese Dream: Deluxe Edition (EMI)

Spun: 20th anniversary rereleases of initial albums make for an interesting trip through the band’s past By Michael Gallucci 12/21/2011
Johnny Ill Band - Ask All the Doctors (Urinal Cake Records)

Johnny Ill Band - Ask All the Doctors (Urinal Cake Records)

Spun: Singing about his life, Ill courts the absurd while the band brings it on By Jeff Milo 12/7/2011
Question Mark & the Mysterians - 96 Tears/Action (ABKCO/Real Gone Music)

Question Mark & the Mysterians - 96 Tears/Action (ABKCO/Real Gone Music)

Backwash: Finally, you can own both albums on audiophile 180-gram vinyl — at 45 rpm By Warren Westfall 12/7/2011
The Frustrations - Negative Reflections (X! Records)

The Frustrations - Negative Reflections (X! Records)

Spun: Dark, almost druggy, this ain’t punk rock, just beautifully broken noise. By Jeff Milo 12/7/2011
Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare (Universal)

Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare (Universal)

Spun: The inaugural blast from the world’s youngest rock critic! By Jarrett Koral 12/7/2011
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends ... Ladies & Gentlemen (1974)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends ... Ladies & Gentlemen (1974)

Fright From The Bins: Did we really need almost 36 minutes of “Karn Evil 9”? By Serene Dominic 12/7/2011
Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials (Universal Republic)

Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials (Universal Republic)

Spun: Florence Welch scores with a tremendous sophomore release By Michael Gallucci 11/9/2011
Atlas Sound - Parallax (4AD)

Atlas Sound - Parallax (4AD)

Spun: On his third solo album as Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox mellows out a bit By Michael Gallucci 11/9/2011

Crank

Crank: Reviews for the easily distracted By Nathan Phillips 12/7/2011
The Who - Quadrophenia: The Director’s Cut (UME)

The Who - Quadrophenia: The Director’s Cut (UME)

Spun: Teenage angst split into four distinct personalities makes for rich work By Michael Gallucci 12/21/2011
Bobby Sherman(1969)

Bobby Sherman(1969)

Fright From The bins: This teen idol must have had quite a marketing team By Serene Dominic 10/26/2011
Tom Waits - Bad as Me (Anti)

Tom Waits - Bad as Me (Anti)

Spun: It’s business as usual for the boozy, bloozy singer-songwriter on his 17th album By Michael Gallucci 10/26/2011
The Decemberists - Long Live the King (Capitol)

The Decemberists - Long Live the King (Capitol)

Spun: An EP of leftovers recalls the band's pre-NPR-approved days By Michael Gallucci 10/26/2011
Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do (Universal Republic Records)

Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do (Universal Republic Records)

Spun: Ann Arbor's soulful son delivers a mountain of musical maturity By Jonathan Cunningham 10/26/2011
PAPA - A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (Hit City U.S.A.)

PAPA - A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (Hit City U.S.A.)

Spun: We seldom hear the electrified navelgaze of American alt-rock described as "elegant," but there's no better description for the often beautiful debut EP from this California trio. It's little wonder that PAPA is an offshoot of Girls; they share that band's By Nathan Phillips 10/12/2011
Björk - Biophilia (Nonesuch)

Björk - Biophilia (Nonesuch)

Spun: The breadth and outlandishness of Björk's multimedia project Biophilia makes it easy to forget that it's really just a collection of songs — ten adventurous, multilayered new one by an artist for whom those attributes are status quo. Like her prior full-len By Nathan Phillips 10/12/2011
Sammy Davis Jr - Jumps With Joya Sherrill (1957)

Sammy Davis Jr - Jumps With Joya Sherrill (1957)

Fright From The Bins: Why is there a crazed chick looking up Sammy’s bunghole? By Serene Dominic 10/19/2011
Bobby Charles - Bobby Charles (Deluxe Edition)(Rhino Handmade)

Bobby Charles - Bobby Charles (Deluxe Edition)(Rhino Handmade)

Backwash: Word-of-mouth cult fandom earns a three-disc deluxe reissue By Brian Smith 10/19/2011
Feist - Metals (Interscope)

Feist - Metals (Interscope)

Spun: Leslie Feist's unexpected march to the pop charts with 2007's The Reminder seems to have sent her running for cover. Her contrarian third album tones down the hooks in favor of a series of ponderous mood pieces, preoccupied with spaciousness and unison. Ope By Nathan Phillips 10/12/2011
Nirvana - Nevermind: Deluxe Edition (UMe)

Nirvana - Nevermind: Deluxe Edition (UMe)

Spun: After nine years of fat-and-happy records, a disorienting successor By Michael Gallucci 9/28/2011
Wilco - The Whole Love (Anti)

Wilco - The Whole Love (Anti)

Spun: After nine years of fat-and-happy records, a disorienting successor By Nathan Phillips 9/28/2011
Mastodon - The Hunter (Reprise)

Mastodon - The Hunter (Reprise)

Spun: Not as epic as before, but just as brutally awesome By Michael Gallucci 9/28/2011
Quick-Pickin\

Quick-Pickin' 'N Fun-Strummin' Home Guitar Course (1973)

Fright From the Bins: Kenny Rogers teaches guitar: Know when to walk away, know when to strum. By Serene Dominic 9/28/2011
Crank

Crank

Crank: Reviews for the easily distracted By Brian Smith 9/28/2011
Jack Oblivian - Rat City (Big Legal Mess Records/Fat Possum)

Jack Oblivian - Rat City (Big Legal Mess Records/Fat Possum)

Spun: Reminiscent of the White Stripes? Yes, because Oblivian was an influence By Bill Holdship 9/21/2011
Megafaun - Megafaun (Hometapes)

Megafaun - Megafaun (Hometapes)

Spun: Justin Vernon’s former bandmates are even mellower By Michael Gallucci 9/21/2011
Mates of State - Mountain Tops (Barsuk)

Mates of State - Mountain Tops (Barsuk)

Spun: If you thought the Cars could get annoying … By Nathan Phillips 9/21/2011
Jerry Lewis - Jerry Lewis Just Sings (1956)

Jerry Lewis - Jerry Lewis Just Sings (1956)

Fright From The Bins: But the telethon man can’t get beyond laughable By Serene Dominic 9/21/2011
Duende - Florence to the Mad Man (Loco Gnosis)

Duende - Florence to the Mad Man (Loco Gnosis)

Spun: Country and otherworldly, Theremin and Western By Jeff Milo 9/21/2011
Das Racist - Relax (Greedhead)

Das Racist - Relax (Greedhead)

Spun: If you dug the mixtapes, you’ll love the progress on this debut disc By Nathan Phillips 9/21/2011
Blondie - Panic of Girls (Noble Id)

Blondie - Panic of Girls (Noble Id)

Spun: New release finds the band slipping into those early '80s sun-kissed grooves By Michael Gallucci 9/7/2011
Mike Douglas - The Men in My Little Girl\

Mike Douglas - The Men in My Little Girl's Life (1966)

Fright From The Bins: If that title doesn't scare you, imagine your daughter is Mike Douglas! By Serene Dominic 9/7/2011
Wild Flag - Wild Flag (Merge)

Wild Flag - Wild Flag (Merge)

Spun: Members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium, the Minders form a supergrrrroup By Michael Gallucci 9/7/2011
Crank

Crank

Crank: Reviews for the easily distracted By Brian Smith 8/24/2011
Kanye West, Jay-Z, the Throne - Watch the Throne (Def Jam)

Kanye West, Jay-Z, the Throne - Watch the Throne (Def Jam)

Spun: Hotly anticipated collaboration sidesteps grandiosity and showboating By Nathan Phillips 8/17/2011
The Association - And Then ... Along Comes the Association!

The Association - And Then ... Along Comes the Association!

Fright From The Bins: Harder than the Raiders, folkier than the Kingston Trio, greater in number than the Dave Clark Five By Serene Dominic 8/17/2011
Jeff Bridges - Jeff Bridges (Blue Note/EMI)

Jeff Bridges - Jeff Bridges (Blue Note/EMI)

SPUN: Ten tunes of ragged Americana filtered through a grizzled character By Michael Gallucci 8/16/2011
The Horrors - Skying (XL)

The Horrors - Skying (XL)

A foray into 1980s synth-pop territory for a turn at vintage post-punk By Michael Gallucci 8/16/2011
Jim Ford - Harlan County (Light in the Attic)

Jim Ford - Harlan County (Light in the Attic)

Spun: His sole LP is why Sly Stone called him the baddest white dude on the planet By Brian Smith 8/17/2011
Merv Griffin’s Dance Party (1962)

Merv Griffin’s Dance Party (1962)

Fright From The Bins: Can you believe Merv's dance craze, "The Charanga," never caught on? By Serene Dominic 8/24/2011
Zee Avi - Ghostbird (Brushfire/Monotone)

Zee Avi - Ghostbird (Brushfire/Monotone)

SPUN: Precious, fluffy chill-out music that will lull you to sleep By Michael Gallucci 8/24/2011
Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread (Drag City)

Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread (Drag City)

Spun: Sublime, woozy, tinny, purring, hungover and more By Jeff Milo 8/10/2011
Black Ivory - Feel It (P&C/Reel)

Black Ivory - Feel It (P&C/Reel)

Backwash: Harlem’s kickass-coifed trio defied odds and struck gold in 1972 By Brian Smith 8/24/2011
Crank

Crank

Crank: Reviews for the easily distracted By Brian Smith 8/10/2011
Joss Stone - LP1 (Stone\

Joss Stone - LP1 (Stone'd/Surfdog)

Spun: Stone's most soulful and unfussy album since her debut By Michael Gallucci 7/27/2011
Fountains of Wayne - Sky Full of Holes (Yep Roc)

Fountains of Wayne - Sky Full of Holes (Yep Roc)

Spun: Super-catchy pop songs that don’t sound all that miserable — on the surface By Michael Gallucci 7/27/2011
Wendell Harrison - It\

Wendell Harrison - It's About Damn Time

Spun: Jazz with a funky populist streak By W. Kim Heron 7/27/2011
David Byron - Take No Prisoners

David Byron - Take No Prisoners

David Byron - Take No Prisoners: Lemon/Universal By Brian Smith 7/21/2011
Bad Meets Evil - <i>Hell: The Sequel</i>

Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel

Album Review: The underworld was never so cool By Dylan Lawrence 6/29/2011
Ernie Krivda - <i>Blues for Pekar</i>

Ernie Krivda - Blues for Pekar

Album Review: Outside jazz tribute to a comics hero By W. Kim Heron 6/29/2011
Crank

Crank

Crank: Reviews for the easily distracted By Brian Smith 6/29/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Rusty, not busty, and a fresh free tune By Metro Times music staff 6/29/2011
Bon Iver - <i>Bon Iver</i>

Bon Iver - Bon Iver

Album Review: Justin Vernon's rumination on rural America is simply beautiful By Michael Gallucci 6/22/2011
Marianne Faithfull - <i>Horses and High Heels</i>

Marianne Faithfull - Horses and High Heels

Album Review: Battle-scarred British singer Marianne Faithfull sounds tired and disconnected By Michael Gallucci 6/22/2011
LMFAO - <i>Sorry for Party Rocking</i>

LMFAO - Sorry for Party Rocking

Album Review: The electro-rap duo makes the Black-Eyed Peas' club jams sound like poetry By Michael Gallucci 6/22/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: In which breakbeats, crumbling fuzz guitars and plaintive harmonies rise and descend By Metro Times music staff 6/22/2011
Cults - <i>Cults</i>

Cults - Cults

Album Review: Boy-girl duo from New York gets part nostalgic, part hipster cool By Michael Gallucci 6/15/2011
Owl City - <i>All Things Bright and Beautiful</i>

Owl City - All Things Bright and Beautiful

Album Review: Adam Young's third album has songs about angels, dreams, and butterflies By Michael Gallucci 6/15/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: A ripoff 1960s soundtrack gets the Dominic treatment, Macca's elf-indulgent declarations of independence from his bands and a jangly take on old-time bluegrass By Metro Times music staff 6/15/2011
Paolo Fresu A Filetta Corsican Voices - <i>Mistico Mediterraneo</i>

Paolo Fresu A Filetta Corsican Voices - Mistico Mediterraneo

Album Review: Jean-Claude Acquaviva with solemnity and lustrous harmony By W. Kim Heron 6/8/2011
Fucked Up - <i>David Comes to Life</i>

Fucked Up - David Comes to Life

Album Review: A 78-minute concept album is the Toronto sextet's latest By Michael Gallucci 6/8/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Drop a needle and act out scenes opposite such greats as Virginia Mayo and Rising Detroit trio MidCoast will get your fists in the air with the download of the week By Metro Times music staff 6/8/2011
Various Artists - <i>Our Favorite Beres Hammond Songs</i>

Various Artists - Our Favorite Beres Hammond Songs

Album Review: Beres Hammond is the king of lover's rock, and this double disc brings it all home By Jonathan Cunningham 5/18/2011
Crank

Crank

Crank: Reviews for the easily distracted By Brian Smith 5/18/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Forget Sweatin' to the Oldies; just this cover gets us perspiring! By Metro Times music staff 5/18/2011
Crank

Crank

Crank: Reviews for the easily distracted By W. Kim Heron 5/11/2011
Sam Roberts - <i>Collider</i>

Sam Roberts - Collider

Album Review: Meandering Montreal rocker Sam Roberts' dad rock aches with in-denial loss By Nathan Phillips 5/11/2011
Thurston Moore - <i>Demolished Thoughts</i>

Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts

Album Review: A Sonic Youth album is rarely this dull By Michael Gallucci 5/11/2011
The Cars - <i>Move Like This</i>

The Cars - Move Like This

Album Review: After 24 years, the band's approach still runs smoothly By Bill Holdship 5/11/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Paging Golden Throats: She wanted you to come up and rock with her sometime By Metro Times music staff 5/11/2011
TV on the Radio - <i>Nine Types of Light</i>

TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light

Album Review: Brooklyn's finest releases its riskiest work to date. By Nathan Phillips 5/4/2011
tUnE-yArDs - <i>w h o k i l l</i>

tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l

Album Review: A ferocious gauntlet of 1990s hip-hop and R&B and modern lo-fi electro pop By Travis R. Wright 5/4/2011
Kinks - <i>Kinks, Kinda Kinks, The Kinks Kontroversy</i>

Kinks - Kinks, Kinda Kinks, The Kinks Kontroversy

Album Review: Kinks reissues showcase the boys' deep understanding of the black American music By Nathan Phillips 5/4/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Marketing fail: The Animals' antiseptic class photo and Worn-heart poetry from singer-songwriter Chris Bathgate. By Metro Times music staff 5/4/2011
Times New Viking - <i>Dancer Equired</i>

Times New Viking - Dancer Equired

Album Review: Fifth studio album to be recorded in actual studio! By Nathan Phillips 4/27/2011
The Chemical Brothers - <i>Hanna Original Soundtrack</i>

The Chemical Brothers - Hanna Original Soundtrack

Album Review: Not the perfect movie music, but a sigh of relief for CB fans By Nathan Phillips 4/20/2011
Crank

Crank

Crank: Reviews for the easily distracted By Brian Smith 4/20/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: The Longines Symphonette Society's seven-LP piece of furniture and Dial 81 and Nick Speed boom-bap it out with "Weed Butter Skull Clap" By Metro Times music staff 4/20/2011
Los Lonely Boys - <i>Rockpango</i>

Los Lonely Boys - Rockpango

Album Review: Confusing detour has the 'Heaven' brothers backed with screaming guitars By Nathan Phillips 4/6/2011
Mr. Chief - <i>Assuming Power</i>

Mr. Chief - Assuming Power

Album Review: Spitting blue-collar verses for ordinary folks and hip-hop fans By Jonathan Cunningham 4/6/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Telly Savalas' album, Hana Malhas' "Olive Tree" blooms just in time for spring and When the school bell rings, can the blues be far behind? By Metro Times music staff 4/6/2011
New York Dolls - <i>Dancing Backward in High Heels</i>

New York Dolls - Dancing Backward in High Heels

Album Review: No trashy glam, but lots of hooks just the same By Chris Parker 3/30/2011
J Mascis - <i>Several Shades of Why</i>

J Mascis - Several Shades of Why

Album Review: Dino Jr. frontman still can sound painfully confessional By Laura Witkowski 3/30/2011
The Mountain Goats - <i>All Eternals Deck</i>

The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck

Album Review: John Darnielle's quivering eccentricity gets another workout By Nathan Phillips 3/30/2011
The Strokes - <i>Angles</i>

The Strokes - Angles

Album Review: New release parties like it's 1982 By Nathan Phillips 3/30/2011
Lucinda Williams - <i>Blessed</i>

Lucinda Williams - Blessed

Album Review: Beauty and sadness from a romantically content songwriter By Bill Holdship 3/30/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Sandler amp; Young: Standing in the shadow of the Las Vegas Strip, Morning Blues from Mark Twain School and Amateur Anthropologist's "Time to Go" rocks and romps By Metro Times music staff 3/30/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Sure, it's Fred Rogers, but the voice on this LP screams 'John Wayne Gacy' and sample the latest tribute: Detroit bands bow to the Jack and Meg By Metro Times music staff 3/16/2011
Wye Oak - <i>Civilian</i>

Wye Oak - Civilian

Album Review: This Baltimore duo's third album is straightforward, not slick By Nathan Phillips 3/16/2011

Over the Rhine - Long Surrender

Album Review: With new release, Ohio's Over the Rhine earns the right to relax a bit By Nathan Phillips 3/16/2011

Neighbors - Puros Exitos

Album Review: That's unusual: Four dudes writing solid songs on guitars, bass, keys and drums By Mike Ross 3/16/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: How to keep the rest of us all terrified and a jazzy, new-jack remix of a classic track By Metro Times music staff 3/9/2011
Cut Copy - <i>Zonoscope</i>

Cut Copy - Zonoscope

Album Review: Plundering the 1980s to create a timeless, arm-waving euphoria By Nathan Phillips 3/9/2011
Flightpatterns - <i>Open Graves with Stuart Dempster</i>

Flightpatterns - Open Graves with Stuart Dempster

Album Review: Eerie recordings from that infamous 2 million-gallon cistern By W. Kim Heron 3/9/2011

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie "xx" - We're New Here

Album Review: Something old, something new, something borrowed By Nathan Phillips 3/9/2011
Dr. Beans Bowles "Fingertips" The Untold Story - <i>Dennis Bowles</i>

Dr. Beans Bowles "Fingertips" The Untold Story - Dennis Bowles

Book Review: Out of the Motown shadows By W. Kim Heron 3/9/2011
The Dears - <i>Degeneration Street</i>

The Dears - Degeneration Street

Album Review: New release taps into an interesting reboot, openly flirting with pop By Nathan Phillips 2/23/2011
Smith Westerns - <i>Dye It Blonde</i>

Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde

Album Review: A joyful, full-on teen riot structure with a penchant for multi-tracked melodies By Brian Smith 2/23/2011
Colin Stetson - <i>New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges</i>

Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges

Album Review: Former Ann Arborite melds and extends disparate sax traditions By W. Kim Heron 2/23/2011
Radiohead - <i>The King of Limbs</i>

Radiohead - The King of Limbs

Album Review: The verdict on the band's layered, sensual eighth album By Nathan Phillips 2/23/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Sonny and Cher go down in flames; a download from Kommie Kilpatrick By Metro Times music staff 2/23/2011
Anna Waronker - <i>California Fade</i>

Anna Waronker - California Fade

Album Review: Proof that songwriting is in multi-instrumentalist Waronker's blood By Brian Smith 2/16/2011
Paul Williams - <i>Someday Man</i>

Paul Williams - Someday Man

Album Review: The singer-songwriter's beautifully arranged 1970 release gets a fresh listen By Brian Smith 2/16/2011

On the Download

On the Download: Sample a track from Sam Trapchak's Put Together Funny quartet By Metro Times music staff 2/16/2011
Ben Blackwell - <i>I Remember When All This Was Trees</i>

Ben Blackwell - I Remember When All This Was Trees

Album Review: Odes to Detroit, never too precious, from a hometown boy By Lee DeVito 2/9/2011
Drive-By Truckers - <i>Go-Go Boots</i>

Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots

Album Review: Far from twangy, new release has a smoldering country-soul aesthetic By Jeremy Winograd 2/9/2011
Gang of Four - <i>Content</i>

Gang of Four - Content

Album Review: First album in 16 years should please all the old fans By Nathan Phillips 2/9/2011
Teddy Thompson - <i>Bella</i>

Teddy Thompson - Bella

Album Review: Verve release takes a stunning country-pop talent and makes him song-factory generic By Nathan Phillips 2/9/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: A Phantasmagoria download and the terrifying Mama Cass By Metro Times music staff 2/9/2011
Bardo Pond - <i>Bardo Pond</i>

Bardo Pond - Bardo Pond

Album Review: Philadelphia sextet unfurls seven monumental songs in 74 minutes By Mike Ross 2/2/2011
Esta Vivo - <i>Together We Step</i>

Esta Vivo - Together We Step

Album Review: Folky, sleepy one-man jam filtered through an unabashedly happy pop haze By Mike Ross 2/2/2011
Gerald Cleaver: Uncle June - <i>Be It as I See It</i>

Gerald Cleaver: Uncle June - Be It as I See It

Album Review: New disc has brash bangs, shouted admonitions, poetic elaborations and more By W. Kim Heron 2/2/2011
Iron & Wine - <i>Kiss Each Other Clean</i>

Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean

Album Review: A new release readymade for teen drama cues and moody car ads By Nathan Phillips 2/2/2011
Tennis - <i>Cape Dory</i>

Tennis - Cape Dory

Album Review: Colorado husband-and-wife team sing about spending a year sailing? Yes they do. By Nathan Phillips 2/2/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: A Luther "Badman" Keith download and the ultimate meaninglessness of Kansas By Metro Times music staff 2/2/2011
The Decemberists - <i>The King Is Dead</i>

The Decemberists - The King Is Dead

Album Review: Quaintly traditionalist combo tones down the geeky sneer By Nathan Phillips 1/26/2011
Deerhoof - <i>Vs. Evil</i>

Deerhoof - Vs. Evil

Album Review: San Francisco noise rockers edge ever closer to mainstream acceptance By Nathan Phillips 1/26/2011
The Dirtbombs - <i>Party Store</i>

The Dirtbombs - Party Store

Album Review: The Dirtbombs drop a new LP centered on - '80s Detroit techno? By Lee DeVito 1/26/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Sweet music, Catlett's jam and some Herb Alpert knockoffs By Metro Times music staff 1/26/2011
Wanda Jackson - The Party Ain\

Wanda Jackson - The Party Ain't Over

Album Review: Jack White takes on Wanda Jackson - and the results are in By Nathan Phillips 1/19/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Money rhymes with 'dougie,' a country-pop download, and the a peek inside the offices of Reader's Digest By Metro Times music staff 1/19/2011
Lubec - <i>Nothing is Enough</i>

Lubec - Nothing is Enough

Album Review: Richmond quartet's impossibly pretty soundscapes By Nathan Phillips 1/12/2011
Wire - <i>Red Barked Tree</i>

Wire - Red Barked Tree

Album Review: No matter which Wire albums you liked, there's a track or two for you here By Nathan Phillips 1/12/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: A couplet, a 'mystery' and a good scare. By Metro Times music staff 1/12/2011
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - <i>III/IV</i>

Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - III/IV

Album Review: This new collection of studio 'leftovers' rocks out surprisingly hard By Michael Gallucci 1/5/2011
Jim Sullivan - <i>U.F.O.</i>

Jim Sullivan - U.F.O.

Album Review: This singer-songwriter crafted a classic before disappearing in the desert By Mike Ross 1/5/2011
Spun

Spun

Spun: Terrify your children with music, hear Terminal Girls, and read free verse By Metro Times music staff 1/5/2011

The Brought Low - Third Record

Album Review: Brooding and bluesy Brooklynites, sans the trust-fund pretension By Brett Callwood 12/22/2010
Spun

Spun

Spun: Is anything more terrifying than Jimmy Swaggert? By Metro Times music staff 12/22/2010
Dean Fertita - <i>Hello=Fire</i>

Dean Fertita - Hello=Fire

Album Review: In which an earnest sense of wonder offsets often-overwrought songwriting By Nathan Phillips 12/15/2010
Spun

Spun

Spun: Album art screams, music streams and more By Metro Times music staff 12/15/2010
Spun

Spun

Spun: Apple days, Greenhornes, Solace and more By Metro Times music staff 12/1/2010
Spun

Spun

Spun: Tyvek's latest, why Kid Rock's new disc doesn't totally blow, the Binger and more By Metro Times music staff 11/17/2010
Spun

Spun

Spun: Magestik Legend To Be Continued... Chapter 2 Self-Released Listen to Magestik Legend's latest mixtape and you'll hear a Detroit rapper finally comfortable in his lyrical style. He has been grinding since his early Subterraneous Record days, and though that By Metro Times music staff 11/3/2010
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Spun: Kings of Leon, a Jamme band, those scary Lennon sisters and more By Metro Times music staff 10/20/2010
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Spun: Lil Wayne, Miles Davis, scary album covers and more By Metro Times music staff 10/13/2010
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Spun: Sufjan Stevens, Download of the Week, Fright from the Bins, Schoolyard Verse and more By Metro Times music staff 10/6/2010



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