MakeWar — MakeWar
How many times can you record an album without seeming self-indulgent? MakeWar would like to let you know that the answer is three. You may remember the band as Sad and French, but drummer Greg Taylor crashed the party and…
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The Mad Doctors — Snake Oil Superscience
If you’re bummed that Halloween is over, fret not. The Mad Doctors’ sophomore album calls to mind a Frankenstein’s monster of the Ramones, obscure C-movie sci-fi, the hardcore rage of the ’80s and the resigned nihilism of the early aughts.…
Samuel Barker — These Lonesome Nights
Samuel Barker is both a gentleman and a scholar. I know this to be true for the first because I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my e-mail correspondence with him (and I owe him a follow-up) and for the second, he used to…
The Quaildogs AND Harvester
The Quaildogs bring something special to the table, that’s for sure. They seamlessly blend the gently earnest tone and harmonies of today’s hipster folk with the casual, back-handed irony of ’90s alt-rock. The end result is deliciously sharp. The Getting…
The Rizzos — Worse Things
I have spent most of my 20s railing against hipsters but I think the time has come to make a painful admission: by virtue of being an urban 20-something who wears Warby Parker glasses I, too, am one of them.…