The Dirty Nil: Free Rein to Passions February 24, 2024I was never a metal guy. As if that needed to be said. It just never became part...
Sleater-Kinney: Call the Doctor February 21, 2024Layered and angry and somehow both messy and completely controlled, it feels like a high-pitched, swirling cry to...
Band of Horses @ The Wellmont Theater February 13, 2024And here I found myself at The Wellmont Theater, once again. Mere blocks from Casa de Hipster. To...
Militarie Gun: Life Under The Gun February 3, 2024I’m no music composer, so maybe there’s a logical explanation for how a band who seems to only...
Aesop Rock: Integrated Tech Solutions January 23, 2024The older I get the further I grow from hip-hop. But there are always dudes I will come...
Bully: Lucky for You January 9, 2024One can always count on Bully for a rolling album filled with throw-backy tunes reminiscent of the sunnier...
Deeper: Careful! January 2, 2024I suppose we can look at bands like Talking Heads as post-punk. But also Interpol. Though I suppose...
Top Listens 2023 January 1, 2024All you Spotify listeners out there, I get it. But I’m an Apple Music guy. I like my...
Ruth Ruth: Laughing Gallery December 15, 2023What do we think about opening your album with what is most definitely the best song on the...
Ted Leo @ Outpost in the Burbs December 9, 2023I’ve seen Ted Leo a grand total of one time prior to last week. And it wasn’t even...
Spiritual Cramp: Spiritual Cramp November 28, 2023I’m pretty sure this band — and lead singer, Michael Bingham, thinks that Spiritual Cramp is spiritual cousins with...
Cable Ties: All Her Plans November 15, 2023Cable Ties are Australian. Cable Ties is Australian? Man, I’m several decades into this website and still have...
Burning Airlines: Mission: Control! November 6, 2023This is still one of my favorite album covers of all time. Probably because I love orange. And...
Superchunk @ Bowery Ballroom October 2, 2023I realize that I have a very skewed understanding of musical popularity. To me Superchunk is almost on...
Jeff Rosenstock: Hellmode September 26, 2023Jeff Rosentstock is a funny dude. A guy who is kind of an anti-industry musician. A Jewish dude...
Alkaline Trio @ The Wellmont Theater September 23, 2023Ok, here we go with the whole generational argument. Granted, it’s an argument of one because I own...
October Drift: I Don’t Belong Anywhere September 17, 2023I’m not really sure what qualifies for “modern” rock these days. Nor am I sure that was ever...
the Breeders: Title TK August 27, 2023I’ll be honest, this Breeders album totally passed from my memory. Or perhaps I never really heard it...
