Real EstateAtlasGrade: B-Sounds like: The Beach Boys, older Real EstateKnown for its surf-inspired, mellow sound, Real Estate does more of the same with its newest release, Atlas. Tinny guitar chords and...

Film sequels released more than a decade after their predecessors can sometimes make for a refreshing reunion with beloved characters — but almost always draw initial skepticism.While few would pass...

Danny BrownOldGrade: B+Sounds like: A Danny Brown album. Period.After nearly a decade of fighting to dig his way out of a life of crime and musical anonymity in the apocalyptic wasteland that is post-industrial...

DrakeNothing Was the SameA-Sounds like: Driving along Highway 59 in Houston. Alone. Thinking about “her.”“Dropped the mixtape, that sh*t sounded like an album” Drake boasts on the lyrically lopsided...

Neko CaseThe Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love YouGrade: B+Sounds Like: A musician rising above her depressionBetween 2009’s Middle Cyclone and her latest full-length...

On Tuesday September 3, indie-electronica outfit STRFKR put on a show at Altar Bar that included everything from light displays to dancers dressed as rabbits and astronauts. Photos by Staff Photographer...

Electric Slave Black Joe LewisGrade: B+Sounds Like: Chuck Berry and James Brown had a son, and he was a badassThough there’s plenty to say about Black Joe Lewis — from his ingenious use of a horn...