Review: Julia Mark – “Keeping You” September 27, 2022 Listeners will enjoy Keeping You, the new LP of piano-led pop ballads from Julia Mark, but the reasons lead to a cloudiness of thought. As… Continue Reading
Review: The Afghan Whigs – “How Do You Burn?” September 13, 2022 How Do You Burn?, the new and much anticipated, third post-reunion LP from The Afghan Whigs, will divide longtime fans and listeners into two… Continue Reading
Profile: East Bay Ray (2022) September 13, 2022 East Bay Ray, birth name: Raymond John Pepperell, remembers the moment his mind first clicked into full-on crazed-punk mode. It was the late 1970s… Continue Reading
Rediscover: Shiny Beast – S/T EP September 8, 2022 The band in question is Shiny Beast, an angry-as-fuck Raleigh, N.C. outfit that pulled their name – we’re guessing here, kiddos – from the… Continue Reading
Review: black midi – “Hellfire” September 7, 2022 To suggest Black Midi traffic in the chameleonic might be one of the greatest musical understatements in recent years. No less than Steve Albini, a fan… Continue Reading
Profile: Tara Jane O’Neil (2022) September 6, 2022 The electric guitar quickly slinks its ways through the background. After a moment or two, it gathers momentum under the whisper of a woman’s… Continue Reading
Review: Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light – S/T September 6, 2022 Call it a question of what lens you use to view the thing. Folk audiences, real folk devotees, will embrace and champion the debut… Continue Reading
Feature: Holy Hell! ‘Amore del Tropico’ is 20 August 9, 2022 It’s less of a feeling than a declaration of intent. After a brief, 12-second-long sound snippet, The Black Heart Procession launches bravely, even defiantly,… Continue Reading
Review: Motherhood – “Winded” August 9, 2022 Listeners’ verdicts on Motherhood’s second LP will come down to their hot takes on what surrounds “Tabletop.” The song, the fourth track off the… Continue Reading
Review: Damien Jurado – “Reggae Film Star” July 19, 2022 I wish I first heard Damien Jurado’s new LP with 16-year-old ears. There’s a time when music is boundless and joy-inducing and magical, and,… Continue Reading
