Dec 12, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Opening with a softly drifting acoustic guitar reminiscent of Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic," Trust—Matthew Daniel Siskin's first full release under the Gambles moniker—immediately suggests itself to be a Jake Bugg-esque record that's most likely to appeal to a small, slightly uninterested early evening crowd at one of the more family-friendly festivals. More

Dec 12, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Another group of London-based '70s fetishists with frankly questionable hair, Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs play a harder-edged brand of glam garage rock than psych labelmates TOY and Temples. More

Dec 11, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

It's probably fair to say that we are not currently living in the age of the polymath. Jamie Foxx and, once upon a time, Will Smith have turned their hands to hip hop, and Tom Waits and Jon Bon Jovi make the odd film appearance with varying degrees of success, but none of these are exactly Thomas Young. More

Dec 11, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Move in Spectrums is filled with the perfect, warm sounds ubiquitous in contemporary indie pop-the gorgeous "We Both Know" washes you away on a bubbling river of guitar-but there's far more here than just another collection of likable-but-forgettable songs. More

Dec 11, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

VII gives you no indication that it was created after 1975. Blitzen Trapper's seventh full-length continues in the band's tradition of offering listeners a timeless blend of folk, rock, roots, gospel, country, and everything in between. More

Dec 10, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Two alternating line-ups weren't enough to keep them busy, so core duo Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover have now formed a third concurrent incarnation of the hardest-working band in heavy rock. More

Dec 10, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

On their self-titled debut, World's End Press walk a precarious tightrope between indie-pop and nostalgic electronica. More

Dec 10, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Smilewound is the sixth full-length release from this Icelandic electronic group. More

Dec 09, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Sixteen years after their groundbreaking The Album, Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born return as Latyrx for The Second Album. Where The Album felt vibrant and off-the-cuff, thrilling in its loose assembly, The Second Album is a traditional record, with solid production and a coherent vision. More