Great debut albums pose a tricky proposition. Too often, they seem to put an undue amount of pressure on the artist for subsequent releases, with…

Call me biased, but whenever I see a rock LP that stretches to fifteen tracks long, I can’t help but feel a bit suspicious. To…

For a band with such a timid namesake, Foals seems to have a remarkable affinity for making grand statements. Whether it was the chaotic eruptions…

If there’s one thing that can be said about Everything Everything’s much-hyped debut, Man Alive, it’s that it was a bit all over the place.…

For a while, it was pretty tough to find too much fault with Eels. The group’s brainchild, Mark Oliver Everett (“E” for short), had always…

‘Tis the season for good sophomore albums. Much like the Local Natives of last week, lo-fi/psychedelic rock trio Unknown Mortal Orchestra proves itself this week…

London-borne indie outfit Bloc Party’s first Denver show in nearly six years played out much like its relatively uneven career—energetic, largely enjoyable but also rather…

Three years after its first effort, the Los Angeles-based group has dropped its much anticipated second album, Hummingbird, which is about as accomplished a sophomore…

In the lead-up to Toro Y Moi’s third album, Anything in Return, Chazwick Bundick (the mastermind behind Toro) frequently stated his new effort would be…

The temperatures now may be freezing, but you wouldn’t know it listening to Ra Ra Riot, a group that has delivered a third album full…