Review: Stella Research Committee – “A Proposed Method for Determining Sanding Fitness” March 16, 2021 There are records music critics absolutely adore and records that they totally hate. A Proposed Method for Determining Sanding Fitness is somehow both of… Continue Reading
Review: Nonagon – “They Birds” March 10, 2021 Most bands release debut LPs in their infancy. Well, not Nonagon. The Chicago trio, formed around 2004, initially struck their defiant poses on a… Continue Reading
Review: Jimbo Mathus/Andrew Bird – “These 13” March 5, 2021 “Three White Horses and a Golden Chain” – the song that closes These 13, the latest Andrew Bird/Jimbo Mathus collaboration – is not just great… Continue Reading
Review: Kaada – “Misinterpretations” March 5, 2021 John Erik Kaada has stumbled upon an interesting little concept. The Norwegian composer has coated some of the strings inside his piano with a… Continue Reading
Review: Melvins 1983 – “Working With God” February 26, 2021 Melvins 1983, for those of you just joining the nearly 40-year-long narrative, is the latest iteration of everyone’s favorite Gods of Thunder, marching toward… Continue Reading
Review: Mogwai – “As the Love Continues” February 24, 2021 “Mogwai have advanced without a plan since they were teenagers; there have been no secretive meetings to work out the master plan.” So begins… Continue Reading
Review: Squirrel Nut Zippers – “The Lost Songs of Doc Souchon” February 23, 2021 What might appear to be a case of tone-deafness is actually a clever ruse. In 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and Trump’s… Continue Reading
Review: Coma World – S/T February 23, 2021 The British duo Coma World cites part of the inspiration for its debut LP as a friend’s recollections of being comatose. This little shred… Continue Reading
Review: The Underflow – “Instant Opaque Evening” February 18, 2021 The nearly 90-minute journey listeners take on underground super-trio the Underflow’s new live LP, Instant Opaque Evening, is most assuredly a varied and eclectic one…. Continue Reading
Review: Slint – “Breadcrumb Trail” b/w “Good Morning, Captain” February 12, 2021 It will take a pair or two of solid elephant’s ears to hear the microscopic distinctions between Slint‘s Spiderland, post-rock’s mighty Rosetta Stone, and the 1990… Continue Reading
