by Molly Manning Experiencing the new album from Steve Lacy was an absolute thrill. The album gives the feeling of a hot summer night car ride with your best friends, but one is going through a breakup. We the listener go on this journey with Lacy through the emotions of him ending a relationship.              Songs like […]

By Nathan Taylor Hippo Campus is having fun playing mad scientist once again. The latest project from the St. Paul, Minnesota indie/alternative outfit, somewhat ironically named EP3, is radiating with potential. Experimental sound mixing and lively lyrics by head honcho Jake Luppen make this album similar but oh-so different from its predecessors. Hippo Campus has […]

 “Inside Every Fig Is A Dead Wasp” is the first studio album from Atlanta based band Lunar Vacation. Although this is their first full-length album, the band has been together since 2016, with the bulk of their output previously being a series of EPs consisting of a few songs each. Lunar Vacation’s songs trend towards […]

ILEANA is the newly released EP by alternative duo Generationals. It sounds like they were experimenting with their sound a bit because all four songs varied just a bit. At times I heard a small amount of an alternative rock and at other times I was hearing bits of electronic music complementing the song. “I […]

A Way Forward is the second album released by alternative group Nation of Language. This album reminds me a lot of the first album review I did, “Joshua” by French 79. A Way Forward has this retro, techno sound that seems reminiscent of the 1980s. “Across That Fine Line” is a standout song on the […]

The name Coco might be foreign to you, as it is definitely foreign to search engines in the alternative rock context, but the name Maia Friedman shouldn’t be. The versatile and talented multi-instrumentalist from Southern California is known for her work as part of the band Dirty Projectors and her numerous songwriting credits across the […]