Review: Decent Criminal – “Bliss” June 26, 2019 Bliss, the new 11-song sophomore outing from northern California’s Decent Criminal, is perfectly, um, decent. (They kinda handed me that one.) But that’s about… Continue Reading
Review: Shellac – “The End of Radio” June 24, 2019 Bootlegs of Shellac’s first BBC session with the legendary king-maker John Peel started surfacing fast on the heels of its airing, way, way back… Continue Reading
Review: Rachael McElhiney – “Apricot Trees” June 12, 2019 “You gotta bleed a little bit to put on the show,” Rachael McElhiney sings on a track from Apricot Trees, an EP of four,… Continue Reading
Review: Old Game – “Lunatics” June 11, 2019 Lunatics, the excellent new four-song EP from Pittsburgh-based quartet Old Game, out June 22, starts with the thump-thump-thump of bass guitar and drums in… Continue Reading
Review: John Dellroy Band – “Burning Desire” June 11, 2019 The John Dellroy Band has shed some of the rustic, more folksy charm of its first full-length outing, 2013’s A New Life Has Begun,… Continue Reading
Review: Lindsay Murray feat. Dw. Dunphy – “Reconsider Me” June 7, 2019 A new single from Lindsay Murray, the first song from the Nashville-based singer-songwriter since March’s Nada Surf tribute, is out today on Bandcamp and… Continue Reading
Review: Dw. Dunphy – “Charm Offensive” June 4, 2019 The New Jersey writer/musician Dw. Dunphy and I have known each other now for some 25 years; I have stood alongside him as a… Continue Reading
Review: The Gotobeds – “Debt Begins At 30” June 1, 2019 The Gotobeds released its new LP, the much-anticipated Debt Begins At 30, yesterday via Sub Pop Records. That move, the introduction of a new… Continue Reading
Review: Curtis Eller’s American Circus – “A Poison Melody” May 30, 2019 I’m fairly convinced at this point that, if the singer/songwriter Curtis Eller wanted to walk on water, he’d find a way to do it… Continue Reading
Review: PAK – “Bestial” May 8, 2019 I once wrote that Ron Anderson is the best kind of madman. Today, with Bestial, his trio PAK’s fourth LP, he again proves he’s… Continue Reading
