TRAVIS MORRISON HELLFIGHTERS: ALL Y'ALL (BARSUK) *** Despite the implied ruralism of the title, Travis Morrison's second post-Dismemberment Plan album is decidedly urban, populated by cynical singles waiting for the end of their relationships, if not the world. ...more

October 26, 2007

THE BRUNETTES: STRUCTURE & COSMETICS (SUB POP) ** There's much to be said in favor of breezy pop music. For New Zealand duo The Brunettes, though, the breeze is everything. ...more

October 19, 2007

ANGELS OF LIGHT: WE ARE HIM (YOUNG GOD) *** If Angels of Light has done nothing else over the course of its last four albums, it's proven that ex-Swans leader Michael Gira doesn't need the industrial-goth barrage of his old band to make frighteningly intense music. ...more

October 12, 2007

ST. VINCENT: MARRY ME (XL) ***½ One spin of 'Marry Me' and listeners may be ready to propose to Annie 'St. Vincent' Clark - if not marriage, then at least a long-term musical relationship. ...more

October 5, 2007

GORE GORE GIRLS: GET THE GORE (BLOODSHOT) **½ The garage-dwelling Gore Gore Girls don't really add anything new to their rewrites of '60s punk songs, but they deliver them with enough energy that a lack of originality isn't much of an issue. ...more

September 28, 2007

BLACK FRANCIS: BLUEFINGER (COOKING VINYL) *** Charles 'Frank Black' Thompson resurrects his nom de Pixies Black Francis for this tribute to Dutch musician-artist Herman Brood. ...more

September 21, 2007