Review: Rob Ford Explorer – “Buh Bye” January 6, 2020 The reference points behind Rob Ford Explorer’s name ain’t aging that well. Yes yes, Ford in its capitalist wisdom has released a 2020 Explorer… Continue Reading
Review: Adam Fitz – “Can’t Pardon Me” December 30, 2019 There might be no better way to end 2019, this dog-eared novella of a year, and start the wondrous new Twenties than with ruminations… Continue Reading
Review: Paranoid Void – “02” December 27, 2019 Wow! Just wow. The new Paranoid Void EP – which hides behind the dubiously simple title of 02, out online this week – will… Continue Reading
Review: The Glad Husbands – “Safe Places” December 20, 2019 Everything that’s muddy-minded about Safe Places – the new LP from Italian mathcore trio The Glad Husbands, out four days ago on CD and… Continue Reading
Review: Erik Della Penna – “New York Songs” December 13, 2019 It’s been a decade since New York City antique-garde duo Kill Henry Sugar – they of “cinematic gravitas,” quoth the Village Voice — released… Continue Reading
Review: Wet Fruit – S/T December 6, 2019 The songs just skitter away in a delightful pop of Roman candles on Wet Fruit’s self-titled, debut LP, out last week on digital and… Continue Reading
Review: Alder & Ash – “The Crowneater” November 27, 2019 There’s no place to enter The Crowneater – the new LP from Alder & Ash, out Dec. 6 via Mendicant – because the whole… Continue Reading
Review: Bill Callahan – “If You Could Touch Her At All” b/w “So Long, Marianne” November 22, 2019 Forever-smoggy Austin singer-songwriter Bill Callahan radiates an alarming amount of warmth on two new covers from the classic American songbook, out today via Drag… Continue Reading
Review: Monotrope – “Immutable Future” November 20, 2019 Monotrope’s new record is a wondrously dense thatch of black thorns and I love it for that. In case you’re just joining the show,… Continue Reading
Review: Memory Drawings – “Phantom Lights” November 15, 2019 Phantom Lights is the new mini-LP from sorta-post-rock-ish neo-classical ensemble Memory Drawings, out two weeks ago via the Greek boutique label Sound In Silence…. Continue Reading
