Jordan Mainzer

Jordan Mainzer is the editor-in-chief of Since I Left You. His work has also appeared in The Huffington Post, Consequence of Sound, and Spectrum Culture.

Review: Kylesa, Ultraviolet

With Ultraviolet, Kylesa gets dirtier, darker, colder, and grittier while simultaneously adhering to their already behemoth aesthetic.

May 25, 2013

Review: The Flaming Lips, The Terror

The Flaming Lips’ understated 13th album, The Terror, paints a bleak, post-apocalyptic future.

April 14, 2013

Review: Kurt Vile, Wakin on a Pretty Daze

Wakin on a Pretty Daze suggests the Philly rocker is well aware of what he’s become and what his audience…

April 7, 2013

Review: Low, The Invisible Way

The Invisible Way relies too heavily on its production and instrumentation to do the heavy lifting.

April 1, 2013

Review: Rhye, Woman

Woman exudes all the mystery and sex appeal that’s surrounded Rhye’s ambiguous Internet presence.

March 19, 2013

Review: Marnie Stern, The Chronicles of Marnia

The Chronicles of Marnia is Marnie Stern’s most accessible album to date.

March 16, 2013

Review: The Men, New Moon

New Moon seems like a failed experiment in curating a wider range of genres.

March 2, 2013

Review: Cult of Luna, Vertikal

Cult of Luna’s Vertikal is a linear album, best appreciated from start to finish.

February 24, 2013

Review: Pissed Jeans, Honeys

Just because Pissed Jeans’ tales aren’t serious, that doesn’t mean they aren’t important.

February 17, 2013

Review: Iceage, You’re Nothing

Instead of a thrilling, us-against-the-world punk mentality, it feels like the band is only making music for their own sake.

February 16, 2013

Review: Frightened Rabbit, Pedestrian Verse

While more hopeful, though, Frightened Rabbit’s Pedestrian Verse is still riddled with doubt.

February 6, 2013

Review: Mountains, Centralia

Centralia is the most sophisticated and cultivated Mountains album to date.

February 5, 2013