Article by: Andrés Alvarado   It’s been a long road for Barnaby “Barns” Courtney. His debut LP The Attractions of Youth finally arrives via Virgin EMI Records; roughly two years since releasing his first single “Glitter and Gold.” Hailing from Ipswich, England, this brash and explosive chap presents us with 13 tracks

Article by: Andrés Alvarado   The boys of Vegas are back at it. After a five-year hiatus, The Killers hand us Wonderful Wonderful; the fifth installment to their already storied discography. Musically, the new effort is lavishly glitzy and glamorous, truly symbolic of the band’s hometown. Lyrically, Wonderful Wonderful ventures into opaque

Article by Andrés Alvarado   Norwegian pop-punk rockers Sløtface seem like a low maintenance, party-hard and kick-ass bunch. If their debut LP Try Not to Freak Out is any indication, they're substantially more. Brimmed of crunchy and catchy hooks, clever coming-of-age tales, and vigorously loud drums, Try Not to Freak Out is

Article by: Andrés Alvarado   It’s been 20 years since Wyclef Jean unleashed upon us his solo debut album The Carnival. Back then, those Nynex and Sam Goody rhymes were all we wanted streaming through our disc-mans and car radios. Fast forward to present day and it’s a different world, with different

Article by: Andrés Alvarado   With his 4th album Hearts That Strain, youngster Jake Bugg has seemingly drifted away from that brash persona that appealed to many and made his music noteworthy. While change is not a terrible thing, it is difficult to do it right. Jake Bugg’s new album has plenty

Article by: Andrés Alvarado   The release of Queens of the Stone Age’s seventh LP Villains just made the race for Album of the Year a little more interesting. This time around the Californian quintet, helmed by Josh Homme, tapped producer Mark Ronson (Adele, Amy Winehouse and Bruno Mars) to assist in