On an excellent album full of stories about running away and seeking safe haven, it would have been nice to end knowing someone found where they belong and, hopefully, made it through to the other side  Full text...

Pixel Revolt is the sound of a man trying to come to grips with the larger questions—the "why?"  Full text...

The music matches the lyrics which matches the vocals that go back and match up with the music all over again. It's an aural symbiosis  Full text...

For the first time in his solo career, Vanderslice has written undeniable pop songs that stand apart from the accompanying narratives  Full text...

Pixel Revolt simply and beautifully reminds us that no matter how great a rock producer is, songwriting talent is as essential as it's always been  Full text...

Pixel Revolt doesn't reconcile the political and personal, and that may be the point. But it nonetheless makes for a frustratingly uneven listening experience  Full text...

Too bad, then, that Pixel Revolt is held back by the constraints of modern indie-rock paradigms: an obsession with uniformly mid-tempo songs and overly tentative use of programmed percussion tracks  Full text...

So I guess all this is beside the point that if you like Vanderslice's previous albums, you're in for a slight improvement on the same. But if, like me, you feel that these discs have always erred on the side of the overwrought and tame, Vanderslice's tweaks here won't be enough to change your mind  Full text...