Album Reviews

Listen to This! – May 18, 2013
Posted on May 18, 2013 | No Comments
A picture perfect EP from Wild Nothing steals the spotlight of this week’s Listen to This!. Wild Nothing – Empty Estate Release date: May 14 Empty Estate is a neat...
Listen to This! – May 11, 2013
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A stellar sophomore album from Mikal Cronin and yet another great album by the undefinable Bibio are in the spotlight of this week’s Listen to This!. Mikal Cronin – MCII...
Listen to This! – April 30, 2013
Posted on April 30, 2013 | 1 Comment
Too many music critics spend all their time trumpeting newness and originality without taking the time to appreciate good throwbacks, this week’s Listen to This! features a bit of both....
Album Review: Magneta Lane’s ‘Witchrock’
Posted on February 22, 2013 | No Comments
Throughout history, regular women have been accused of witchcraft for not acting the way a lady should, for threatening society’s “natural order”. Seems appropriate then, that Magneta Lane has chosen...
Album Review: Tegan and Sara’s ‘Heartthrob’
Posted on February 6, 2013 | No Comments
The heart can ache in many ways; love, lust, longing, pain, regret. All of which are explored on Tegan and Sara’s aptly titled 7th major release, Heartthrob. Before you even...
Listen to This! – February 2, 2013
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This issue of Listen to This! focuses on on a pair of very different albums which share one important feature, they’re good. Foxygen‘s debut album may remind you of a...
Listen to this – January 5, 2013
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A new year brings with it new music, we here at Criticize This have a pair of nice new albums for you to listen to, read up and see if...
Listen to this! Ty Segall – ‘Twins’
Posted on October 11, 2012 | No Comments
Ty Segall – Twins Release date: October 9th Ty Segall has been doing the whole music thing for a mere 4 years in a solo capacity, but in that time...
Listen to this! Matthew Dear – Beams
Posted on September 15, 2012 | No Comments
This installment of Listen to this! takes a look at enigmatic Texas born and Michigan raised electronic producer Matthew Dear‘s 6th full length Beams. Instead of simply telling you what...
Listen to this! – July 21, 2012
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Frank Ocean – Channel Orange Release date: July 17 Frank Ocean is different, on many levels, and the music that lies within his debut Channel Orange is proof of that....
Album Review: Cookie Duster’s ‘When Flying Was Easy’
Posted on July 20, 2012 | 1 Comment
If lying on your back in a field, examining the clouds on a summer day had a sound; it would be Cookie Duster’s newest release, When Flying Was Easy. At...
Listen to This! – June Quick Picks
Posted on June 30, 2012 | 1 Comment
June was a busy month for music, with plenty of albums worth listening to coming out in the second half. We here at Criticize This! were busy reporting on NXNE,...
Album Review: Die Mannequin’s ‘Danceland’
Posted on June 27, 2012 | 1 Comment
“I hope I find the right place for myself” What happens when you get dropped from your label and management despite a stellar album and a couple Juno nods? You...
NXNE 2012: Gangstagrass interview & album reaction
Posted on June 6, 2012 | No Comments
Don’t call Gangstagrass a novelty, at least not in the sense that they are simply some gimmick that fuses rap with the honktytonk of bluegrass and country. That is the...
Listen to This! – June 4, 2012
Posted on June 4, 2012 | No Comments
Do you like rock and roll? We sure do, and the first Tuesday of June is chock full of releases of albums that rock without fear. Crocodiles rinse and repeat...