POSTED // May 22,2013 - Pulling off a record that hinges on substantial doses of both intensity and airiness requires an especially deft hand.

POSTED // Mar 6,2013 - In a conversation with blogger Aisu Kurimu before The Year of Hibernation hit in late 2011, Trevor Powers portrayed Youth Lagoon’s debut as an outlet for his lifelong anxieties.

POSTED // Feb 21,2013 - In celebration of J Dilla’s birthday, Stone’s Throw Records released one of the more disheartening albums by hip-hop’s most pedestaled producer, Frank-N-Dank’s 48 Hour Instrumentals.

POSTED // Feb 6,2013 - “We the Common is an album about wanting to be a human who tries and is grateful for the opportunity. It is about wanting to be better and closer to people,” Thao Nguyen says.

POSTED // Nov 8,2012 - For an ax-wielder whose live shows have a grip and intensity that have earned him comparisons to Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan ...

POSTED // Oct 10,2012 - Lonesome Dreams transcends folk—it travels into metaphysical realms, the stuff of dreams. At times, it grabs the listener away from reality and into a trance—like listening to the rhythm and cadence of repeated Buddhist mantras.

POSTED // Sep 26,2012 - As the great nephew of the late jazz pianist Alice Coltrane (wife of John Coltrane), critics have always expected a certain level of avante garde when it comes to anything from Steven Ellison, better known as Flying Lotus.

POSTED // Sep 5,2012 - Sunset Beach is an accessible collection of ornate guitar anthems and the band’s familiar pop-rock. It’s appealing but not predictable.

POSTED // Aug 22,2012 - In what is their most pointedly inspired release to date, Antibalas channel Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti to rousing and irresistibly groovy results.

POSTED // May 23,2012 - To understand the sophomore record from former Bright Eyes touring member Laura Burhenn—the brains behind The Mynabirds—you first need to know the origin of the title