The Cocoon: While the Recording Engineer Sleeps
The Cocoon could have been something special. Hell, they were something special!
Capsule Reviews
Stuart Mason: Tradition
Mason finds evolution in devolution with this 15-track package of folk classics.
Tart: These Are Not Love Songs
Detroit femmelectro duo display growth and maturity while retaining noir sexiness on second EP.
Astrid Williamson: We Go to Dream
On her sixth studio release, the Shetland-born singer delves even deeper into the reaches of ambient-pop.
Various Artists: OIM Volume 1
Oakland Indie Mayhem's first compilation.
Nicholas Altobelli: Searching Through That Minor Key
Searching Through That Minor Key lacks the raw emotional attachment of Altobelli's prior poetic work.
Bill Payne, Carol Liebowitz, Eva Lindal: Payne/Lindal/Liebowitz
Bill Payne, Carol Liebowitz, Eva Lindal make an entire album's worth of music by the seat of their three pairs of pants.
Caravan of Thieves: Kiss Kiss
Caravan of Thieves deliver a fun-packed album that will have listeners dancing in the rain.
Slow Down Molasses: Black Burnt Cars
Powerfully blending melody and discord and inspired by pictures of the Paris events in May 1968, Canada’s Slow Down Molasses reflect the tension between ideals and reality, then and now.
Two Sheds: Assembling
Much like a diamond, Assembling is brilliant due to its flaws.
Biosphere / Deathprod: Stator
As two Norwegian artists stake their separate claims on one album, they wind up making a disturbing little masterpiece.
Pocket Panda: This Arrangement of Molecules
In This Arrangement of Molecules, Pocket Panda establish themselves as new rulers of the Washington rock scene with equal parts heart and mind.