Dark, aggressive, romantic songs that retain our secret fetish for kiddie hysteria without making it a vapid pursuit.  Full text...

It's surprising, breathless stuff, a mix of talent and excitement that overwhelming at first.  Full text...

With Broken Arm, Marnie Stern has delivered a frenetic and ridiculously entertaining debut.  Full text...

This is a pretty good start for Stern, and a lot of crazy young people will blow out their eardrums to this in the next several months. But her next record will be clearer—and more interesting—than this one is.  Full text...