Email Author Johnny Loftus

2011 Stories by Johnny Loftus

• Jooklo Duo+Bill Nace

  published May 18, 2011

  On The Warrior, Jooklo Duo's 2010 seven-inch for Northern Spy, David Vanzan's percussion screeches and skitters forward and away from... More >>

• Fang Island

  published May 18, 2011

  Why should Schubert have all the fun? In both sound and attitude, Fang Island's self-titled 2010 debut was all about the overture. Slabs of... More >>

• Amor de Dias

  published May 11, 2011

  It's a wonderful world we live in when the phrase "psych-folk tropicalia supergroup" can be thrown around without the bat of an eyelash. Amor de... More >>

• White Mystery

  published May 11, 2011

  Having stomped mightily through the beery house shows of their Chicago hometown, White Mystery feels ready to bring a red scare to the world. It's... More >>

• Guitar Wolf

  published May 4, 2011

  Space Battleship Love! With the spectacular English translation of their newest record leading the way, Japan's veteran purveyors of black... More >>

• Donald Glover & Childish Gambino

  published May 4, 2011

  Everything's coming up Donald. Community's hit its stride, his standup is legit, and now he's touring as his musical alter ego. While... More >>

• Stephen Kellogg+Tift Merritt

  published April 27, 2011

  Stephen Kellogg's jangly, grinning folk-pop feels like a lock-in at a private liberal arts college. They call him and his band the SK6ERS, and if... More >>

• Reverend Horton Heat

  published April 27, 2011

  Used to be that the fire out of a tailpipe and the crystalline splatter of broken bottles in the street meant that the Rev was in town and parking... More >>

• Mogwai

  published April 13, 2011

  Mogwai's steady indifference has always secretly contained the thinking person's epic jams. The Scottish group's heavy rock instrumentals can... More >>

• Zola Jesus

  published April 13, 2011

  Reared in the heartland, schooled in the classics, and steeped in a rapturous fever of black mood, dark crystal, and the whispered echoes of the... More >>

• Ke$ha

  published April 6, 2011

  In a world where dollar signs are just another letter, Ke$ha's "ladies is pimps too" balderdash will keep on trucking until the credit card is... More >>

• Spectrum+Crystal Stilts

  published April 6, 2011

  Tapped by Animal Collective to play All Tomorrow's Parties and fresh off mixing Panda Bear's impressive new Tomboy LP, it seems like Pete... More >>

• The Greenhornes

  published March 30, 2011

  With bassist Jack Lawrence and drummer Patrick Keeler of the Greenhornes off hustling for Jack White-branded projects (Raconteurs, Loretta Lynn),... More >>

• KT Tunstall

  published March 30, 2011

  It's Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall's MO to be a one woman Lilith Fair, crafting bracing, empowering singles ("Suddenly I See") that... More >>

• Bardo Pond+Surf City

  published March 30, 2011

  The elliptical outer space explorations of Philly psych vets Bardo Pond don't really need introduction; in fact, if you listen closely, you can... More >>

• Wu Lyf

  published March 23, 2011

  World Unite/Lucifer Youth Foundation (Wu Lyf) exist at the core of a fantastically visual marketing campaign: cryptic live footage, artful videos,... More >>

• Warpaint

  published March 23, 2011

  Warpaint's beautifully sinewy debut record hit last October and kept coasting through the winter. As the world grew chill, its tacit Fleetwood... More >>

• Silje Nes

  published March 16, 2011

  Norwegian singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Silje Nes is stateside for SXSW and a few NYC shows in support of Opticks, her second... More >>

• Richard Ashcroft

  published March 16, 2011

  United Nations of Sound, Richard Ashcroft's latest solo go-round, is finally seeing its US release after hitting the UK last summer. This... More >>

• Dub Trio

  published March 9, 2011

  Working simultaneously as crack session players, a go-to support act (for Matisyahu and others), and as their own ferociously expressive act,... More >>

• Royksopp

  published March 9, 2011

  Playing a round of Canadian and East Coast dates in support of their 2010 release Senior, Norwegian electro duo Royksopp will likely... More >>

• Dropkick Murphys

  published March 2, 2011

  Dropkick Murphys' newly released seventh album, Going Out in Style, boasts a raft of likely suspect guests (Fat Mike) and unlikely heroes... More >>

• Tahiti 80

  published March 2, 2011

  Indie-minded niceniks Tahiti 80 fixate on the beautiful murmur of the beach. Whether a tangible or a tacit destination, it is the French group's... More >>

• Melissa Auf der Maur

  published February 23, 2011

  A film, a comic, other assorted media accoutrements: Out of Our Minds, Melissa Auf der Maur's second and long-time-coming 2010 solo album,... More >>

• Smith Westerns

  published February 23, 2011

  Chicago's Smith Westerns pushed their way into the indie spotlight with a scraggly, jutting-chin debut for HoZac Records that reveled in its... More >>