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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Japandroids: Near To The Wild Heart Of Life February 24, 2017Japandroids have always toed the line between indie noise rock, rollicking anthemic arena rock and old-fashioned Springsteen Americana....
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam: I Had a Dream That You Were Mine February 15, 2017The Walkmen are one of those bands that many claim to like, but few have actually heard. Perhaps it’s...
LVL UP: Return to Love November 18, 2016I believe this is the second LVL UP album I’ve reviewed in 2016, but why not stick with...
Camp Cope: Camp Cope July 21, 2016Jesus, I just want this album on repeat in my head all day long. No, Camp Cope isn’t...
Car Seat Headrest: Teens of Denial June 3, 2016I know we don’t really do desert island albums since the advent of the iPod, but let’s just...
LVL UP: Hoodwink’d March 21, 2016When I first saw this band, technically on the undercard with Pinegrove at a show I was to...
Pinegrove: Cardinal March 1, 2016Dateline Montclair, NJ. Home to Stephen Colbert, media types and hippies of all stripes. An ethnically and economically...
Bully: Feels Like July 17, 2015I suppose this is what Hole would have sounded like hadn’t Kurt written all of their songs. So...
Sweet John Bloom: Weird Prayer July 3, 2015I suppose I like my rock and roll bratty. Or just a little more on the brash, less...
