Talking Heads: Little Creatures April 13, 2022Where does one start forming musical taste? Or, I suppose, when does one begin forming musical taste? Actually,...
Bent Shapes: Wolves of Want March 30, 2022It’s albums like Wolves of Want that make me realize that I’m a pop guy at heart. That...
Gang of Youths: angel in realtime. March 29, 2022I feel like a band name like Gang of Youths kind of backs you into a corner. What...
Worst Party Ever: Dartland March 16, 2022You’d be forgiven for thinking Worst Party Ever’s Dartland was some lost record from the early 2000s. After...
Screaming Trees: Sweet Oblivion February 28, 2022I feel like I read some article way back that called Mark Lanegan the modern-day Jim Morrison. I...
Spoon: Lucifer on the Sofa February 25, 2022It’s amazing that Spoon is almost 30 years into their run as an ongoing band. Consistently putting out...
Yard Act: The Overload February 16, 2022There has been this resurgence of this acerbic British talk-singing post-punk thing of late. Poor Art Brut is...
Aeon Station: Observatory January 31, 2022I think people have finally given up on that follow-up album from The Wrens. The oft-cited magnum opus...
Fiddlehead: Between the Richness January 13, 2022I feel like some fancy-pants restaurant once put fiddleheads in my food. I have very little memory of...
Noise Addict: Meet the Real You December 15, 2021We all know 1995 was a weird year. It was the waning days of grunge and America was...
Dinosaur Jr.: Sweep It Into Space November 30, 2021Dinosaur Jr. have been with me longer than time itself. Or so it feels. Yet it feels kind...
Geese: Projector November 12, 2021That is one gnarly cover. It’s been giving me nightmares for days. And you’d think by looking at...
Beach Slang: The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us October 11, 2021Am I allowed to review this 2015 album in 2021? Not because The Things We Do to Find...
Tyler, The Creator: CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST September 27, 2021I actually “listen” to quite a bit of rap. Hours-long car rides to soccer games and tournaments DJed...
Turnstile: GLOW ON September 16, 2021I was torn as to how to classify this Turnstile album. And, look, I know most bands probably...
Rostam: Changephobia (Expanded Edition) August 31, 2021There is no denying that Rostam is a talented guy. His music and production aesthetic is definitely a...
Living Colour: Vivid August 20, 2021Has a band as out of left field as Living Colour ever led off their debut album with...
Wavves: Hideaway August 8, 2021Sitting on the precipice of noise rock (due primarily to the, uh, noisy production), Wavves manages to make...