by NEIL PITMAN

U2 are back.

It has been 5 years since the last release from the world’s biggest band, and expectations are running high. But does No Line on the Horizon deliver? Read the rest of this entry »

by ANDREW WEBB

The lead singer of The Antiques (check them out on emusic), Joey Barro has created, on his new solo effort Season To Season, a unique - even ground breaking - sound, one reminiscent of Sufjan Stevens and Sondre Lerche [editors note: think also of Straylight Run and The Rocket Summer]. There is an obvious folk undertone to the record, but there is an experimental side to it as well. Barro utilizes the kinds of sounds you don’t normally hear in folk music: screechy electric guitars, wavy electric piano’s, wah-wah guitars and something that sounds like water drops. Read the rest of this entry »

by SK PITMAN

Ah, my favorite topic in all of Ornithology (although I like Charlie Parker as well), and my how this Birdian age continues.

Three events define my discovery and have led to my passion for all things Andrew Bird (although, regrettably, I can’t for the life of me remember if 1 or 2 came first, so I’m pretending they both did). Read the rest of this entry »

by DAVID KERN

A while back, Sufjan Stevens famously promised to make an album for each of the 50 U.S. states. Well, more than three years later, we’ve heard two. Hail to the lucky ones in Illinois and Michigan. Read the rest of this entry »

by BRETT McCRACKEN

It’s not everyday - or week, or month even - that you hear a song that blows your mind. Read the rest of this entry »

by STUART PITMAN

Which up and coming band draws complimentary comparisons to Coldplay and Andrew Bird?
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