Fishbone: Truth and Soul July 21, 2021There was a hecticness to Los Angeles music in the late 80s. It’s a distinction without a definition,...
Modest Mouse: The Golden Casket July 4, 2021Modest Mouse’s music has always been a bit of a sideshow for the past twenty five years. They’re...
Single Mothers: Negative Qualities June 25, 2021Play it fast and loud. That’s the way Single Mothers roll on their 2014 debut album, Negative Qualities....
Origami Angel: Gami Gang June 9, 2021Is it okay if a band calls itself emo? I mean there was a time when bands bristled...
Fake Fruit: Fake Fruit May 19, 2021Each time I fire this Fake Fruit album up I know I’m hearing something familiar. But I can’t...
Wurld Series: What’s Growing April 14, 2021There have been a lot of Pavement acolytes over the years. But from note one, it’s obvious that...
Maggie’s Dream: Maggie’s Dream March 25, 2021Look, man, I didn’t know the lead singer of Maggie’s Dream was a former Menudo member when I...
Cloud Nothings: The Shadow I Remember March 11, 2021I feel like there’s not enough hecticness in music today. Chaos? I’m not sure what the right word...
TV Priest: Uppers February 28, 2021The first thing one notices on TV Priest’s Uppers is the production quality. Something about it makes it...
Kiwi Jr.: Cooler Returns February 16, 2021Imagine if Pavement and a Wes Anderson movie had a baby and you might have an idea of...
Cowboy Junkies: The Trinity Session February 6, 2021What a weird album for a 16-year-old guy to own. Cowboy Junkies are not exactly punk. They’re not...
The Dirty Nil: Fuck Art January 26, 2021I’m thinking that at some level this is the band that Weezer thinks it is. This kind of...
Porridge Radio: Every Bad January 14, 2021I’m not gonna lie, I kind of hate the name of this band. Porridge Radio is objectively bad....
Austin Lucas: Alive In the Hot Zone December 1, 2020Oh, country music. Rock ‘n’ roll’s fickle cousin. It’s not a genre with which I’m particularly acquainted. But...
Lifter Puller: Fiestas and Fiascos November 17, 2020This is definitely one of those albums I downloaded via Audiogalaxy using the fat pipe at the NYC...
Laura Jane Grace: Stay Alive October 28, 2020Laura Jane Grace has changed a lot in the past few years. I mean besides changing her name...
Fontaines D.C.: A Hero’s Death October 6, 2020There is something about Fontaines D.C. and their kind of brutalist version of punk rock that feels very apropos for this age. Even the ironic album title, A Hero's Death
Bully: SUGAREGG September 28, 2020I know this band gets constantly compared to Hole. In fact, I compared them to Hole on my...
