We Were Promised Jetpacks: Unraveling
How many times can you challenge your audience to join you at the top of the room before these big moves become big tropes?
Geoff Nelson
Thom Yorke: Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes isn't about any new technology, even with its faux-edgy release through bittorrent; it's about the old question about the power and limitations of our human containers.
The Rural Alberta Advantage: Mended With Gold
On third LP, Mended With Gold, the band pursues escape velocity with the most commitment yet, making the most bombastic and polished arrangements of their career.
Alt-J: This Is All Yours
The contradiction of all second records but especially this one: Be what people expect when people want something unexpected.
Wildcat! Wildcat!: No Moon at All
The hooks are here, even when the lyrics aren't: a pleasant night drive to absolutely nowhere.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Only Run
Only Run, both in form and function, is CYHSY's return to relevance, excellence even, and one of the best independent rock records of 2014.
Future Islands: Singles
The layperson finally arrived to Future Islands, the question was: What would they find here on the beach of the band's new fame?
Thumpers: Galore
For a moment, the darkness holds at bay and the band colors their world with tropical guitars and chanting vocals, a type of brief bulwark against cold, linear modernity.