Articles by Anthony Boire

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  The Killers' 'Pressure Machine' Is Like 'Hillbilly Elegy' but Good

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2021

  The Killers, a band once synonymous with the post-punk revival in the early '00s, have gone full dad rock — more specifically, Bruce Spring...

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  Darkside's 'Spiral' Mourns the End of the World — and Celebrates What We Still Have Left

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2021

  A funny thing happened on the way to Darkside's return from hiatus. After all, Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington announced that the band was...

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  Modest Mouse Play Against Their Strengths on 'The Golden Casket'

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2021

  Singer-guitarist Isaac Brock has long run a unique tightrope act in the singular little sphere of indie rock that Modest Mouse have carved...

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  Joan of Arc End Their 25-Year Run with a Bang on 'Tim Melina Theo Bobby'

  PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2020

  If the 2000s had Broken Social Scene as the band with a giant, free flowing pool of talented members who often fronted other bands, Joan of...

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  Intervals' 'Circadian' Is Triumphant, Technical and One-Dimensional

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2020

  Instrumental progressive metal is often at odds with its own intentions. Dense, fast passages that call to classical music more than metal...

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  Luka Kuplowsky Rewrites the Singer-Songwriter Playbook with 'Stardust'

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2020

  Why is it so difficult for folk artists to expand their arrangements with larger and more sonically disparate instrumental palettes? Often,...