Goldenboy – Sleepwalker

Goldenboy - Sleepwalker

Goldenboy’s Shon Sullivan has been a busy man as the go-to-guy for filling out a group’s touring band, including the likes of Bright Eyes, Neil Finn, Stephen Malkmus and Grandaddy. But he’s found time to follow up his 2006 album, Underneath the Radio, with the new Sleepwalker (Eenie Meenie Records).

Lyrics Born – As You Were

From the onset forward, As You Were (Decon Records) strikes with anthems of frustration and breakthrough; and this is accurately Lyrics Born’s intention with this new album: a documentation of overcoming indecision in a world where “the global economy shit its pants” and the record industry was in flux (and Lyrics Born has hence ditched […]

Klaxons – Surfing the Void

First off, I think we’ve all heard enough of the “N” word when it comes to connecting the Klaxons to some pseudo genre style. The only wave that exists with their new release, Surfing the Void (tinyOGRE Entertainment), is the pattern made by the sea of people during the Klaxons’ tour, no doubt flowing and […]

Sentence – There and Back

Sentence

Hip-hop and rap are friends again. Sentence reigns from Denver with a real mix of real turntables, real beats, real samples and real rap. It’s refreshing to hear something so classic. There and Back is what it says: a trip back to the time when rap was built in a basement with live scratches (cred […]