Dramarama: Cinéma Vérité May 23, 2018Oddly, 1985 was a pretty informative year for my musical tastes. That doesn’t bode well for the future,...
Pennywise: Never Gonna Die May 11, 2018There’s something to making music that has changed very little in 25 years. 1992 Pennywise is not only...
Jeff Rosenstock: POST- April 29, 2018Do you think this is what Andrew W.K. was originally aiming for? Sorry, I just had to sneak...
Dr. Octagon: Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation April 19, 2018It’s been right about 20 years since I first heard Kool Keith’s Dr. Octagon persona on his debut...
Camp Cope: How to Socialise & Make Friends April 10, 2018It goes without saying that I’m a big fan of Camp Cope’s 2016 self-titled debut. It has all...
Superchunk: What a Time to Be Alive March 16, 2018It feels like Superchunk has been around my entire adult life. And that’s mostly because they have been....
Gang of Youths: Go Farther in Lightness February 26, 2018It seems that all my punk friends have gone Springsteen on me. Didn’t like Bob Mould or Johnny...
Sheer Mag: Need to Feel Your Love January 30, 2018Sheer Mag is a band without high aspirations. Or maybe they have super-high aspirations. And that’s what kind...
Quicksand: Interiors January 12, 2018It’s weird that so many of the ghosts from our rock and roll past have come back to...
Fits: All Belief is Paradise December 29, 2017Fits, uh, fits in this nice little corner of my listening habits: the short-ass LP that I can...
Wolf Parade: Cry Cry Cry December 13, 2017I can’t remember how many years I’ve been listening to Wolf Parade, though it seems like forever. I...
Lovely Bad Things: Teenage Grown Ups September 28, 2017There is definitely a seed from which Lovely Bad Things has sprouted. It’s that mid-90s female-led college radio...
White Reaper: The World’s Best American Band September 3, 2017Like The Strokes in acid wash jeans, White Reaper tear it up on their latest album, keeping a...
The Dirty Nil: Minimum R&B July 19, 2017This is the shit that makes me angry about modern “rock” music. Angry that all that alt-folk, drowned-in-reverb...
At The Drive-In: in•ter a•li•a June 13, 2017It’s been a lifetime since At The Drive-In’s last album — literally. A kid born at the release...
Charly Bliss: Guppy April 28, 2017Sometimes there is only so much peer pressure a guy can take before he breaks. And so it...
Sorority Noise: You’re Not As _____ As You Think April 15, 2017“We all bow to the emo Jesus!” So begins track one on Sorority Noise’s third album, You’re Not As...
Spoon: Hot Thoughts March 31, 2017Spoon is a band I’ve been listening to for years. I’ve seen them live and created playlists on...