Restorations: LP5000 January 7, 2019At only seven tracks, calling this an LP is kind of a stretch. In fact, I’m not even...
Cloud Nothings: Last Building Burning January 4, 2019The dark-ass cover of this album, Last Building Burning, kind of sums up the band’s current direction. It’s...
Belly: DOVE December 31, 2018I have to start by saying that I absolutely hate this cover. It looks like some pseudo hippy...
Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy December 20, 2018I’ve been a fan of Car Seat Headrest in the past and continue to be up to and...
Art Brut: Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out! December 13, 2018Wow, talk about polarizing. Art Brut would make at least 80% of the US population eat a vat...
Bat Fangs: Bat Fangs November 28, 2018For five-and-a-half seconds of the first track on this album, “Turn It Up,” I thought I accidentally put...
IDLES: Joy as an Act of Resistance. November 20, 2018To describe IDLES is to describe a rugby scrum. You’re looking right at it, but you’re still confused...
Antarctigo Vespucci: Love in the Time of E-Mail November 13, 2018From note one I swear I thought this was a Daniel Johnston album. Not the least of which...
Swearin’: Fall Into the Sun November 12, 2018There’s something warm and inviting about boy/girl singing. Even if it’s not at the same time. Like Blake...
The Dead Milkmen: Eat Your Paisley! October 26, 2018I know this isn’t the “classic” album that Big Lizard In My Backyard is. You know, that album...
The Dirty Nil: Master Volume October 14, 2018Rock and fuckin’ roll, man! Like the stuff they used to play at stadiums before pop and hip-hop...
Retirement Party: Somewhat Literate September 26, 2018If Daria, the MTV cartoon from the 90s, started a band, this might be it. It’s a little...
Big Red Machine: Big Red Machine September 12, 2018Imagine, if you will, TV On The Radio on quaaludes. Or Channel Orange after smoking a particularly potent...
The Leaving Trains: Kill Tunes August 30, 2018It’s weird that I was listening to this stuff as an 8th grader back in 1986. I mean,...
Forth Wanderers: Forth Wanderers August 19, 2018Hailing from Hipster West HQ, Montclair, NJ, the Forth Wanderers follow in the rich tradition of local bands...
Sun Valley Gun Club: The Water, The Stars July 26, 2018Sometimes albums are listenable because the authors of said album just get the hell out of the way...
illuminati hotties: Kiss Yr Frenemies July 5, 2018I admittedly hate the name of this band. To say out loud to a friend, “Hey, man, I’m...
Tim Kasher: No Resolution June 14, 2018Tim Kasher wears his heart on his sleeve. I guess that’s why he’s been branded “emo” over the...