Music Editorial Reviews
Eric Clapton: Old Sock
Elysa Gardner - May 24, 2013
Album: Old SockArtist: Eric ClaptonRelease date: Mar. 12, 2013Download: Further On Down the Road, All of Me Your One and Only Man Clapton hasn't got the blues in a non-musical sense, judging by the endearingly breezy spirit of this collection. From the bubbly Further On...
Low: The Invisible Way 
Brian Mansfield - May 24, 2013
Album: The Invisible WayArtist: LowRelease date: Mar. 20, 2013Download: Plastic Cup, Just Make It Stop, So Blue Like much in Low's 20-year history, evolution moves slowly. The set pulses with hushed piano, rumbling drums and guitars that add tension or loveliness. Mimi...
Josh Rouse: The Happiness Waltz
Elysa Gardner - May 24, 2013
Album: The Happiness WaltzArtist: Josh RouseRelease date: Mar. 20, 2013Download: This Movie's Way Too Long, Our Love, City People, City Things There's more than a trace of Paul Simon in Rouse's delicate, knowing voice; and the beautifully crafted soft-rock tunes on his...
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Specter at the Feast
Edna Gundersen - April 30, 2013
Album: Specter at the FeastArtist: Black Rebel Motorcycle ClubRelease date: Mar. 20, 2013Download: Lose Yourself, Sell It When not at its sleazy, snarling, garage-rattling best, BRMC ranks somewhere between generic and rock parody, as evidenced in Teenage Disease and...
Trent Reznor's 'Oblivion' comes to light
by Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY - March 19, 2013
Trent Reznor's collective steps into its debut album.
Ivan and Alyosha: All the Times We Had
Brian Mansfield - April 11, 2013
Album: All the Times We HadArtist: Ivan and AlyoshaRelease date: Feb. 27, 2013Download: All the Times We Had, Be Your Man, Who are You Seattle folk-rock group has a Dostoevskian name and a Mumford-like sound as filled with hope as it is with harmony. These songs are...
The Mavericks: In Time
Elysa Gardner - May 24, 2013
Album: In TimeArtist: The MavericksRelease date: Feb. 27, 2013Download: Dance in the Moonlight, In Another's Arms, Back in Your Arms Again After more than 20 years together, the Mavericks can still mix torch and twang with a vibrant virtuosity that defies genre...
Bilal: A Love Surreal
Steve Jones - May 24, 2013
Album: A Love SurrealArtist: BilalRelease date: Feb. 27, 2013Download: West Side Girl, Winning Hand, Climbing, Slipping Away, Astray For the past dozen years, the Philadelphia soul man has been one of the most respected, if enigmatic, voices in RB. With his soulfully...
Album of the week: 'Old Yellow Moon'
by Jerry Shriver, USA TODAY - February 28, 2013
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell reunite on a sumptuous album.
Atlas Genius: When It Was Now
Brian Mansfield - May 24, 2013
Album: When It Was NowArtist: Atlas GeniusRelease date: Feb. 20, 2013Download: Trojans, If So Like a phoenix rising from Australia, this synth-rock band has been gaining strength since posting the effervescent Trojans online in 2011. When It Was Now offers more of the...
