Cloudspeakers

Over their past two albums—Palo Santo and Rook—Shearwater have giving us a well-orchestrated, shimmering beauty. It’s often fragile, like the high falsetto of singer Jonathan Meiberg’s voice. Also,... Read more

Hannah Green: Grady, you know how in class you’re always telling us that writers make choices? Grady Tripp: Yeah. Hannah Green: And even though you’re book is really beautiful, I mean, ... Read more

Clem Snide’s return was one of 2009’s more pleasant surprises. Sure, Eef Barzelay was doing all right on his own, but his solo work didn’t quite capture the feeling, the subtle en... Read more

For all the problematic tendencies of that infamous Internet hype (the knee-jerk following of the leader, the overhype-backlash cycle, etc.), it's nice that we have bands like Midlake around to rem... Read more

The Brunettes’ last album, the Sub Pop release Structures and Cosmetics, was a wonderful set of charming indie pop songs. The slim disc made the most of its short playing time, trying out dif... Read more

Like their name, the members of AFCGT make an unruly, even clunky noise. And that's a good thing. Comprising two bands, the A Frames and Climax Golden Twins (hence, the awkward initials in the band... Read more

Ezra Feinberg and his pals in Citay tread a dangerous road with their expansive tunes. Their guitar heroics and soaring keys are the stuff of proggy excess, or those bands your black sheep uncle ou... Read more

Dawn Landes swears that the title of her new album, Sweet Heart Rodeo, has nothing to do with the Byrds’ 1968 album, Sweethearts of the Rodeo. It references, instead, her great-grandmother... Read more

It’s hard to imagine Thomas Bartlett, the driving force behind Doveman, worried about conforming to anything, let alone naming an album The Conformist. His voice is a wavering hush, a sound f... Read more

Gift of Gab is nothing if not infectious to listen to. His voice and his flow are really just extensions of the instrumentation behind him, a blistering lead to lay over the laid-back funk or space... Read more