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
Profile: Nonagon (2021) March 2, 2021 Nonagon is at a crossroads. The Chicago post-hardcore trio has nearly 20 years under its musical title-belt, but on March 3, these long-time purveyors… 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
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: Rodan – “The Hat Factory ’93” April 5, 2019 If Rodan’s Rusty is the butterfly on its ripe-peach-hued cover, the newly released ’93 recordings are the budding chrysalis. And they are something to… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Shellac – “Dude Incredible” November 6, 2014 Did you pre-order Shellac’s Dude Incredible yet? And, give it to me straight, are these Touch-and-Go Records legends still in their prime, still sharp… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Slint – “Spiderland: Remastered” November 6, 2014 Steve Albini once infamously offered up “ten fucking stars” in Melody Maker to the swansong LP of a then-unknown Louisville quartet named Slint. Twenty… Continue Reading
