Akron / family
Set'em Wild, Set'em Free

As the naughts draw to a close and the—admit it—requisite decade best-of lists preemptively form, reflections abound upon those records unduly ignored...

Stripped to three members after brother Ryan Vanderhoof left the amiable Akron fold, Dana Janssen, Seth Olinsky and Miles Seaton continue the Family b...

It is great to literally hear the walls of genre coffining labels collapse when Akron/Family starts a’rolling. Their newest release Set’Em Wild, Set’E...

Ambition is a good thing-as long as you know what to do with it. Unfortunately, on Set ’Em Wild, Set ’Em Free, Akron/Family rarely does. The quartet’s...

Unafraid to venture off the path and explore the secluded thickets, Akron/Family have created another remarkable album that will always leave you gues...

A frayed, tattered American flag adorns the cover of Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free, with the fifty stars of Old Glory replaced with a cosmic, tie-dye swi...

Alright, I admit it. Sometimes we reviewers just get it wrong. To be more precise, sometimes I get it wrong. Revisiting Akron/Family’s Love is Simple ...

Akron/Family have been mislabeled one way or another for as long as they've been around. Freak-folk, post-rock, neo-psych -- none of these description...

Akron/ Family has always been a band that was difficult tocategorize. The group stays true to its avant-garde musical rootswith "Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em...

This album will have an immediate impact. It will either move you or confuse you.If you're not attentive when you throw Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free in ...