Brandon’s Top Albums of 2018
10. Homeboy Sandman and Edan – Humble Pi Edan, The Boston MC known for his stellar albums Primitive Plus and Beauty and the Beat, teams…
Brandon’s Top Albums of 2017
10. Feist – Pleasure Feist returns after a six-year hiatus with a record about everything life gives and takes from us. Personnel from Broken…
Brandon’s Top Albums of 2016
10. Tortoise – The Catastrophist The band that is somewhat responsible for inventing but most certainly responsible for defining post-rock offer this release in…
Brandon’s Top Albums of 2015
10. Jim O’Rourke – Simple Songs Chicago experimental scene mastermind and Sonic Youth member Jim O’Rourke offers up his latest in a series of pop…
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Review: Juiceboxxx – Heartland 99 (2015)
The first time I ever saw Juiceboxxx was at the now defunct Darling Hall in Milwaukee in 2006 (it was close to Conejito’s if…
6.4
Review: Surgeons in Heat – Disaster (2015)
It is quite serendipitous that Milwaukee/Madison musician John Mayer has the name John Mayer. In his band Surgeons in Heat he has a strong…
6.2
Review: Group of the Altos – R U Person or Not (2015)
Sometimes it is impossible not to be derivative in music. The Group of Altos, structurally and sonically, seems largely influenced by Canadian post-rock ensembles…
Brandon’s Top Albums of 2014
10. St. Vincent – St. Vincent Drawing from her work with David Byrne, Annie Clark combines social analysis with complex and almost alien sounding…
Review: Peaking Lights – Cosmic Logic (2014)
Peaking Lights is made of married couple Aaron Coynes and Indra Dunis. The pair used to be based in Madison and ran favorite local…