Rejected Rediscovered

I chose Sick Puppies’ 2009 album, Tri-Polar, expecting to hear some industrial-ish something or other. Boy, was I unpleasantly surprised when I realized that...

As soon as I opened the envelope containing the Medium’s copy of Bend Sinister’s Animals, I knew this album had to be reviewed. A...

I’m not a woman between the ages of 21 and 39, and that’s disappointing. Normally I wouldn’t care, but after listening to Greg Wood’s...

With a lofty band name like Christ vs Krishna, I was expecting some truly compelling things from the band’s 2013 EP, Move and Scale....

As I picked up the mostly black and white CD featuring pictures of a woman and her guitar entangled in various apparently affectionate positions,...

It’s exciting, picking out a CD for the column and hearing it for the first time. Last time, I picked the first one with...

Looking at the cover of Keepsake, I didn’t see much. A few black symbols marked an otherwise plain white cover, bringing to mind the...

Imagine if Arcade Fire and Fleet Foxes hadn’t yet reached their potential as musicians and combined to form a super-group. Since that very idea...

I’ve never understood why so many people like to listen to sad music when they’re upset. Why not throw on some disgustingly cheery anthem...

The jacket art of A Fine Frenzy’s most recent album, 2012’s Pines, is admittedly striking, if not particularly original. Swaddled in a blanket and...

“Hi persons. Moka, back in this yet again,” begin the liner notes to Moka Only’s Carrots and Eggs. “Thanks for investing your food, drug,...

I immediately thought of sex when I picked up the Bird and the Bee’s 2009 album, Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future. Not...