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Joshua Radin: The Rock and The Tide

Singer-songwriter doesn’t make any waves Joshua Radin’s latest, The Rock and The Tide, is a 13-part ode to starting fresh—though, unfortunately, this theme is hardly apparent in the music itself. The album is bookended by up-tempo tracks about setting your sights on something new (opener “Road to Ride On”) and being content once you’ve moved “past your past” (concluding “Brand New Day”). The idea of renewal is brought up over and over again, interrupted occasionally by straightforward love songs that range from the simple but sultry “You Got What I Need” to “Think I’ll Go Inside” and “Wanted,” pitiable accounts...  read more

Sleigh Bells: Treats

Sleigh Bells ring, are you listening? Treats, the debut effort from noise-rock newcomers Sleigh Bells, is the logical conclusion of the loudness war; it manages to challenge basic assumptions of how music can (and should) sound. You either buy the Brookyln duo’s central conceit or you don’t: bombastic synth-rock for bombast’s sake, with mixing cranked so high your speakers sound like they’re about to combust. It’s a preposterous juxtposition—Alexis Krauss’ way-past-sweet vocals as the sugary glaze on Derek Miller’s gritty and serrated riffing and beats—until the soaring power chords of opener and single “Tell ‘Em” kick off the album with...  read more