Music Reviews

Mogwai Zidane. A 21st Century Portrait. OST

The world's greatest footballer vs the world's loudest band. Ben Bollig is on hand to assess the damage.

Yo La Tengo I'm Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

The latest eclectic gem from the hipsters of Hoboken

Devastations Coal

Anton Barbeau Drug Free

Brightblack Morning Light Brightblack Morning Light

Destroyer Destroyer's Rubies

Asobi Seksu Citrus

The second album by this New York City band has influences in both dreampop and shoegaze, led by another voice of Japanese falsetto. Boasting with a glimmering pop tinge, the album parades with radiant fury, all within the boundaries of highly refined clockwork.

Grizzly Bear Yellow House

Transcending the work of Edward Droste's 4-track bedroom project of 2004, Yellow House carries a wispy consciousness with an expanded group of apt company. With the breeze of its earthy repetoire, it affixes instrumental flourishes with acute precision and seemless grace.

Angel Tech Angel Tech

Format Dog Problems

The Format aren't Mozart, and they aren't even the Shins, but on their new album they do a pretty good job putting their own spin on the melodic-here comes the hook-there goes the riff-check out this harmony pop song.