Archives for the ‘Reviews’ Category

Okkervil River – I Am Very Far

By • Sep 2nd, 2011 • Category: Album Reviews

Very unsure about this album, the sixth from past Webcuts pet faves, Okkervil River. I Am Very Far from their best.



The Fierce & The Dead – If It Carries On Like This We Are Moving To Morecombe

By • Sep 1st, 2011 • Category: Album Reviews

Epic post-rock from The Fierce & The Dead on their debut album. Seek it out, post-rock fans.



Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks – Mirror Traffic

By • Aug 24th, 2011 • Category: Album Reviews

Pavement reunion done and dusted, Stephen Malkmus and Co. get back to making adult indie rock on album number five.



Dark Mean – Dark Mean

By • Aug 23rd, 2011 • Category: Album Reviews

Canadian folk-sters Dark Mean deliver a “must-listen album with staying power, and one of the year’s best” on their self-released debut.



Moonface – Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped

By • Aug 19th, 2011 • Category: Album Reviews

…says Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug of his solo off-shoot project Moonface. Not as good as we’d hoped, either.



I Break Horses – Hearts

By • Aug 18th, 2011 • Category: Album Reviews

Welcome to the lilting shoegaze world of Swedish duo I Break Horses, “more than just a nostalgic pastiche of an ethereal past”.



Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves

By • Aug 16th, 2011 • Category: Album Reviews

Putting aside Lightspeed Champion, the chameleon musician/producer known as Dev Hynes unveils his latest project Blood Orange.



Fucked Up – David Comes To Life

By • Aug 15th, 2011 • Category: Album Reviews

Concept albums, rock operas, the artistic chasm of failure widens as Fucked Up take the challenge and make the album of their career.



Howler – This One’s Different

By • Aug 12th, 2011 • Category: Album Reviews

From the label that gave you The Libertines and The Strokes, here’s another young and disaffected indie guitar band.



Fruit Bats – Tripper

By • Aug 8th, 2011 • Category: Album Reviews

Chicago’s Fruit Bats return to their familiar “effortless and sweet” indie folk ways on their fifth album, Tripper.