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...
Jeff Rosenstock: Hellmode September 26, 2023Jeff Rosentstock is a funny dude. A guy who is kind of an anti-industry musician. A Jewish dude...
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...
The Men: New York City August 9, 2023Even with AI and Google search getting better at discerning what you’re looking for on the great World...
Quasi: Breaking the Balls of History July 17, 2023It’s been a minute (and about seventeen years) since I last copped a Quasi album. That would have...
Sammy: Tales of Great Neck Glory June 9, 2023Everyone just labels Sammy a Pavement ripoff band, but I contend that they are, in fact, the precursors...
Wednesday: Rat Saw God May 30, 2023Not to be confused with the TV series of the same name, Wednesday is, in fact, a rock...
Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary May 16, 2023Not to be a Gen X rock cliché, but this album is pretty fucking awesome. Sorry snark monsters...
Gee Tee: Goodnight Neanderthal April 18, 2023I don’t remember how many years ago Jay Reatard died, but I supposed it was long ago enough...
Yatsura: We Are Yatsura March 17, 2023I remember going to Other Music in NoHo in 1996, which was only a few blocks from my...
Gladie: Don’t Know What You’re In Until You’re Out March 5, 2023I will admit that this is a super-random choice. I’m completely unaware of the history of this Gladie...
Compound Red: Always a Pleasure February 24, 2023I feel like there’s definitely some revisionist history on most of this era of Midwest emo. As if...
Bartees Strange: Farm to Table February 16, 2023The first time I ran through this Bartees Strange album I wasn’t sure what to make of it....
Les Savy Fav: The Cat and the Cobra January 31, 2023When I reviewed Les Savy Fav’s 2010 album Root for Ruin, I had no idea it would not...
Interpol: The Other Side of Make-Believe January 20, 2023This is a direct quote from my review of Interpol’s last album, Marauder: “I will say with complete...
