Prince The Vault – Old Friends 4 Sale Warner Bros. By: Eric Greenwood Warner Bros. continues to flaunt its power over Prince by releasing another random collection of tunes intended for private use only, while Prince fights to get his master tapes back. The label hopes to cash in on the relatively bizarre backlash Prince […]

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Lenola My Invisible Name Tappersize By: Eric G. I’ve read that this band hates it when it’s compared to seemingly obvious influences like Polvo, My Bloody Valentine, the Flaming Lips, the Beatles, and Mercury Rev, calling it “lazy journalism” or something to that effect, whereas it should be complemented for being thought of in such […]

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Elastica 6 Track EP Deceptive Records By: Eric G. Hmm… Four years have passed and all we get is a shoddily put together EP with barely a recognizable utterance from Justine Frischmann? The two duets with Mark E. Smith are pretty cool if not mostly b-side material, but this is hardly a triumphant return to […]

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Bright Eyes Every Day And Every Night Saddle Creek By: Eric G. Bright Eyes is Conor Oberst’s pseudonym for a raw, emotional strain of confessional folk that pushes the levels of tolerance for the out-of-key singing trend made infamous by fellow lo-fi pioneer Will Oldham. I saw Bright Eyes live this past summer and was […]

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Suede Head Music Columbia/Nude By: Eric Greenwood Suede has only been around for six years but what a drama it’s been. The band stormed onto the scene in 1993 heralded as the flavor of the week by the British press and sold piles and piles of records with a sound very reminiscent of glam period […]

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Pop Romantique French Pop Classics Emperor Norton By: Eric Greenwood This collection of French pop classics is pretty much ‘indie rock does french pop’ with bands like Luna, Ivy and Heavenly churning out cover versions of some old French songs. Serge Gainsbourg, who has come to embody the essence of the French pop genre in […]

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The Red Krayola Fingerpainting Drag City By: Eric G. The Red Krayola prides itself on being uncategorizable, and that, in and of itself, is an impressive feat for a band that’s evolved through three decades and countless line-up changes. The only original member to sustain all of the band’s incarnations, though, is Mayo Thompson, whose […]

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