Album Review: SOHN - Rennen
By Sam Tornow, Editorial Director [4AD; 2017] Rating: 6/10 Key Tracks: “Signal,” “Dead Wrong,” “Harbour” To freeze in the shadows of...
Album Review: Jim James - Eternally Even
By Sam Tornow, Editorial Director [Capitol; 2016] Rating: 7/10 Key Tracks: “Hide in Plain Sight,” “We Ain’t Getting Any Younger Pt. 2,”...
Album Review: Ricky Eat Acid - Talk To You Soon
By Sam Tornow, Editorial Director [Terrible; 2016] Rating: 8.5/10 Key Tracks: “This is as Close To Heaven as I Get,” “Never Alone in a...
Album Review: Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales
By Sam Tornow, Editorial Director [Run For Cover; 2016] Rating: 8/10 Key Tracks: “There Was a Door,” “Origin,” “Revive” Crying’s...
Album Review: Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life
By Sam Tornow, Editorial Director [Sire; 2016] Rating: 7/10 Key Tracks: “Bleeding Heart,” “Older and Taller,” “Small Bill$” If...
Album Review: Meat Loaf - Braver Than We Are
By Sam Tornow, Editorial Director [429; 2016] Rating: 2.5/10 Key Tracks: “Speaking in Tongues,” “Going All the Way (A Song in 6...
Feature: Nelsonville Music Festival, An Authentic Experience
By Sam Tornow, Editorial Director Friends, festival culture is upon us; for better or for worse, every mid-sized city in every mid-sized...
Album Review: Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop - Love Letter for Fire
By Sam Tornow, Editorial Director [Sub Pop; 2016] Rating: 6.5/10 Key Tracks: “One Way To Pray,” “Chalk It Up to Chi,” “Soft Place to...
Album Review: Deftones - Gore
By Sam Tornow, Editorial Director [Reprise; 2016] Rating: 8/10 Key Tracks: “Prayers / Triangles,” “Geometric Headdress,” “Gore” There...
Album Review: Bleached - Welcome the Worms
By Sam Tornow, Editorial Director [Dead Oceans; 2016] Rating: 6/10 Key Tracks: “Keep On Keepin’ On,” “Chemical Air” What do you get when...
