Faces Down - Album Review
There are many things about Sondre Lerche that are almost overwhelmingly French. What makes this inconvenient,\n\ for the purposes ...
View ArticleTwo Way Monologue - Album Review
There was no front: For the first half-minute of "Don't Be Shallow", Lerche was missing notes, singing out of ...
View ArticleGuest Lists: Pas/Cal: Eleven Songs I (May Have) Soulseeked - Feature
1. "Top Billin'", Audio Two It is simply a beat and a voice, but it is an absolutely brilliant track ...
View ArticlePhantom Punch - Album Review
The Norwegian romantic follows through on his promise/threat to toughen his sound by placing his vibrant melodies behind a veneer of modern indie rock.
View ArticleNews in Brief: Treasure Island, the Donnas, A.A. Bondy, Sondre Lerche - News
-- Putting a few bands and a few thousand people on a man-made island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay Area feels like a great idea. And for the third year in a row, that's exactly what the...
View ArticleHeartbeat Radio - Album Review
Again paying close attention to arrangements and general songcraft, the Norwegian transplant reinforces his pleasant earnestness.
View ArticleVampire Weekend and the National Teach You How to Play Guitar - News
Tired of playing Vampire Weekend's "A-Punk" on Guitar Hero? Maybe you should give the song a go on a real-life guitar. "But there are too many strings and notes and stuff!" Well, VW's own Ezra Koenig...
View ArticleSondre Lerche - Album Review
On his self-titled seventh LP, Sondre Lerche nods to Brill Building formalism, 70s singer-songwriter fare, subdued bossa nova, and polite power pop.
View ArticleMy Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, Weezer Cover Songs by the Muppets on The...
Fact: if you do not like the Muppets, you are not a human being with a working heart. So this is a pretty good year for human beings, then-- there's a new Muppet movie, The Muppets, coming out November...
View ArticleBootlegs - Album Review
For an artist with a tendency to sound too slick, too clever by half, and too consummate, Lerche's raw-feeling live album finds him sounding unguarded and loose; it's like watching your uptight friend...
View ArticleLists & Guides: The Worst Album Covers of 2011 - Feature
Gaze upon 20 sleeves that flabbergasted us and/or made us question humanity's entire existence: Shatner, Limp Bizkit, 311, and more.
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