Well, I’m a little late with this one, and probably the last person on the ‘net who plans on reviewing Rather Ripped. All I can think to say is “It’s not bad.” There’s a lot of dissonance, a little bit of noise, but where most critics are calling this Sonic Youth’s most accessible […]

(EMI International, 2006) “How the mighty have fallen…” That has been the running theme to the solo career of one Richard Ashcroft. “He can’t top Urban Hymns” people say, in reference to his previous band’s highwater mark. But, do we act the same way when any artist from a famous band breaks […]