The Nein is certainly a band to keep an eye on for the foreseeable future.  Full text...

What makes this band different, though, is their ability to add an eclectic mix of sampling and tape manipulation strewn over electronic ambience for an album that's, for once, actually original…that is, aside from Mission of Burma, of course.   Full text...

Luxury shows the group in the studio-as-instrument mode rather than magnetizing what is essentially a live performance. And for the most part it works.  Full text...

an extraterrestrial album that sounds like it was remixed by some white dude that never took voice lessons (with the exception of “The Future Crumbles,” which somehow transcends the vocal follies with some nice Daniel Johnston-esque bleating).  Full text...

There are enough flashes of talent sprinkled throughout the album to show that the band is not without their assets, it just doesn't seem like any of them know exactly what these assets are. If they could just push themselves to find out what kind of band they want to be there may just be a great album in them yet - unfortunately Luxury is too much of a muddled, schizophrenic mess to be that one.   Full text...