As the distribution of EPs have become increasingly popular, we've decided to create a separate section for reviews of these releases.




Young at Life and Love
by Dominant Legs
TEXT: MAT LINDENBERG
It’s hard to imagine Dominant Legs splitting off as easily from any other currently performing band than Girls. Though the formers drum machines and funk -inflected guitar lines more...  [continue reading]



B-sides by Starfucker
TEXT: MAT LINDENBERG
Starfucker has always been about gleefully shameless pop, albeit in the slightly skewed way their name suggests. The band is like Of Montreal’s older, reformed frat-boy brother; just as adept at catchy electronics, but more interested in partying and sex than Danish...  [continue reading]



Pure Moods by Cave
TEXT: JOSEPH ALLEN
Pure Moods, the recent EP release by Cave is loaded full of ripping guitar riffs, grooving bass lines and up tempo, hard driving drum beats. The psychedelic rockers puts you in mind of sounds and concepts that were popular in the 60’s and 70’s, focusing on...  [continue reading]



Semi-Circle by Shigeto
TEXT: NEIL LEVENS
For his first release under the pedigree Ghostly label, electronic sound-smith Shigeto (a.k.a. Zach Saginaw) has taken the task very seriously. Minimal in length, Semi-Circle is a powerful and even collection of material to be chosen as a prologue to his...  [continue reading]



Me Gusto by Mexicans with Guns
TEXT: MAT LINDENBERG
If the opening seconds of “Dame Lo,” hold any clues to the future of mysterious one-man project Mexican With Guns, then I’m pretty stoked to see what follows this EP. Over a rattling re-sampled latin guitar, spliced vocals, and maracas, “Dame Lo” builds and builds...  [continue reading]



Life of Leisure by Washed Out
TEXT: LUKAS CLARK-MEMLER
“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” Though this Marxist quote was generally referring to something other than the music industry, it can be applied just as accurately to it. Take for instance, the disco movement. Beginning in...  [continue reading]