PAVEMENT – Quarantine The Past: The Best of Pavement

Pavement. The kings of slacker rock. The definition of ’90s indie rock. PAVEMENT. I’ve been listening to the album and writing my review at the same time but I’ve just gone in and deleted everything I already wrote. Because what hasn’t been said about Pavement already? Nothing I say here will be groundbreaking at all. […]

MATT and KIM – Matt and Kim; MATT and KIM – Grand

Matt & Kim’s self-titled debut was released in 2006, and Grand, the follow-up, was released in 2009. I’m reviewing them now because, while scouring the internet for shows coming to my area, I found that this Brooklyn-based duo is scheduled to play around here very soon. Not many bands playing original music play near where […]

THIS PROVIDENCE – Who Are You Now?

Who Are You Now? is This Providence’s third full-length album. This Providence are a four-piece band out of Seattle, Washington, and this is their second album to be released by Fueled By Ramen records. I was initially interested in checking out this album after hearing the fifth track on the album, “Keeping On Without You”. […]