The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Devil’s Night Out April 3, 2024The Mighty Might Bosstones played our block party when I was in college. That was 1992, a year...
Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven March 20, 2024Why is it that I recall Mannequin Pussy not being so… punk? I mean I know they swung...
Grandaddy: Blu Wav March 15, 2024You’d think as a rock ’n’ roll elder statesman that I’d love mellow. My tired ears. My tired...
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...
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...
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...
Ruth Ruth: Laughing Gallery December 15, 2023What do we think about opening your album with what is most definitely the best song on the...
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...