On Black Moth Super Rainbow's third album, Dandelion Gum, the mysterious Pennsylvania combo builds songs out of scratched fragments of roller-disco, sunshine-pop, and what sounds like intercepted interstellar broadcasts.  Full text...

It's a well-programmed outing either way, with an even balance of uptempo and contemplative tracks, bolstered by a late-album punch of energy, courtesy of "Lost, Picking Flowers in the Woods" and "Caterpillar House." Dandelion Gum concludes, however, as a product of its makers rather than the times, the attitude required for this sound to succeed, and to engender repeat listens.   Full text...

It's very sweet indeed.   Full text...

Dandelion Gum is a nice surprise and a good example of why doing one thing very well is sometimes more than enough.  Full text...

Dandelion Gum actually sounds cheap and busted and even a little nasty, qualities their more mannered pals only affect in the confines of what are probably really comfortable chairs in really nice studios with canned air to blow off each patch bay before attaining that perfect blistering sine wave.  Full text...

Are you on the bus or off the bus?  Full text...

They’ve crafted a vague concept quilted around the fairy tales of our youth. And being at all familiar with the true fairy tales of the un-Disney-fied tradition, one knows this should most likely be an album full of the sounds of children being devoured.  Full text...