November 16, 2024November 30, 2024 ChrisGGarrod

Review: 2009’s “jj n° 2” by Swedish band jj remains one of my favorite albums of the last 15 years.

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 ChrisGGarrod

Review: With “Imaginal Disk,” Magdalena Bay has made the best psychedelic pop album of 2024… and, in doing so, one of the year’s best albums.

October 11, 2024October 18, 2024 ChrisGGarrod

Review: Bright Eyes are back with “Five Dice, All Threes” a title that alludes to a game of dice and the concept of chance, recurring themes in the album.

June 1, 2024May 1, 2025 ChrisGGarrod

Review: I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME’s “Gloom Division.”

May 16, 2024May 31, 2024 ChrisGGarrod

Review: Vampire Weekend’s “Only God Was Above Us” is one fun, welcome return from the Ivy League indie-rockers.

November 18, 2023July 19, 2025 ChrisGGarrod

Review: Sparklehorse and the Tragic Beauty of Mark Linkous and 2023’s “Bird Machine”