Author Archives: Andrew Bain

In his first full-length album as Washed Out, Ernest Greene has created a set of electronic songs that represents a bit of a musical head-scratcher.

Every summer, bands release albums in the hopes that they will find commercial and critical success as the soundtrack to the season. Most albums fall a little bit short of such success, while select others create something that perfectly embodies the spirit of summer. Gardens & Villa’s new self-titled debut album is one of the latter.

Music fans tend to have a love/hate relationship with music from the ’80s. On the one hand, the corny rock and power pop of the decade have helped to create some of the most prevalent guilty pleasure bands of this generation, such as Journey.

Like many other alternative rock bands that formed in the late ’90s, Taking Back Sunday has struggled to define itself in a world where the pre-teen audience it used to cater to has grown up and the current batch of pre-teens has discovered fresh new musical idols.

My Morning Jacket is not an easy band to listen to. There’s so much going on in the music, it’s hard for listeners to settle back and get comfortable.

Noah and the Whale recently released a new album called “Last Night on Earth” and is currently on a tour that will include a stop at the El Rey Theatre on Wednesday.