An album perfectly suited to lazy summer afternoons, combining laid-back pop melodies with half-tempo hip-hop rhythms and a healthy dose of modern rock's nervous energy.  Full text...

Cunniff’s M.O. is spelled out in the sun-splashed funk of lead track “Lazy Girls,” a pleasant tribute to doing nothing except lyin’ on the beach and “eating orange popsicles.”  Full text...

so it’s far from perfect – even the terrific leadoff track, “Lazy Girls,” has a distractingly cutesy line about eating orange popsicles – but large chunks of City Beach are so terrifically catchy, so tightly crafted, you’ll be unable to keep from overlooking the album’s shortcomings.  Full text...

The songs are as a whole softer and gentler than even the most relaxed Luscious Jackson songs. Yet the lyrics continually reference New York City, and within the music she occasionally tries to evoke the city as well.  Full text...