Wavves: Hideaway [Album Review]
WavvesHideawayFat Possum Records [2021] It is hard to believe that Wavves broke out over a decade ago with the release of their third record, King … Read more
Cub Scout Bowling Pins: Clang Clang Ho [Album Review]
Cub Scout Bowling PinsClang Clang HoGBV Inc. [2021] If you are going into this band completely blind then it is important to know that Cub … Read more
Needles//Pins: Needles//Pins [Album Review]
Needles//PinsNeedles//PinsDirt Cult Records [2021] There is so much music that was created during the pandemic year that it honestly has been hard to keep up … Read more
Lucy Dacus: Home Video [Album Review]
Lucy DacusHome VideoMatador Records [2021] Lucy Dacus returns with her third album, Home Video, and it arrives at a perfect time as her profile on … Read more
Modest Mouse: The Golden Casket [Album Review]
Modest MouseThe Golden CasketEpic Records [2021] The Golden Casket is Modest Mouse’s seventh-studio album which explores the degradation of America’s psychic landscape through the glass … Read more
Pardoner: Came Down Different [Album Review]
PardonerCame Down DifferentBar/None Records [2021] It is not hard to look around to find indie rock but it’s always exciting to find an album that … Read more
The Routes: Mesmerised [Album Review]
The Routes MesmerisedAction Weekend / Bickerton Records [2021] The Routes are exactly why the quote “rock n’ roll can never die” exists. Mesmerised represents the … Read more
Beachy Head: Beachy Head [Album Review]
Beachy HeadBeachy HeadGraveface Records [2021] Beachy Head is a new group but it features members of Slowdive, The Flaming Lips, The Casket Girls, The Soft … Read more
Jeff Rosenstock: SKA DREAM [Album Review]
Jeff RosenstockSKA DREAMPolyvinyl Records [2021] A good song is a good song. That is why single covers work so many times for artists. Full album … Read more
Guided By Voices: Earth Man Blues [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesEarth Man BluesGBV Inc. [2021] The 33rd Guided By Voices album, Earth Man Blues, is one of the most in sync records that … Read more
CIVIC: Future Forecast [Album Review]
CIVICFuture ForecastFlightless Records [2021] Melbourne and Flightless Records have been one of the main reasons psych music has risen above ground the last several years … Read more
Spirit Of The Beehive: ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH [Album Review]
Spirit Of The BeehiveENTERTAINMENT, DEATHSaddle Creek Records [2021] The saying always goes that change is good. If you are a believer in that moto then … Read more
Hooveriii: Water For The Frogs [Album Review]
HooveriiiWater For The FrogsThe Reverberation Appreciation Society [2021] At this point in 2021, if your band hails from Australia, Los Angeles or Austin it won’t … Read more
Dry Cleaning: New Long Leg [Album Review]
Dry CleaningNew Long Leg4AD [2021] New Long Leg is London-based band Dry Cleaning’s debut album and it easily was one of the most anticipated releases … Read more
Smirk: LP [Album Review]
SmirkLPDrunken Sailor/Feel It Records [2021] Smirk is the solo project of Nick Vicario (Public Eye, Crisis Man, Autistic Youth), and while you’ll hear similarities to … Read more
Triptides: Alter Echoes [Album Review]
TriptidesAlter EchoesAlive Natural Sound Records [2021] The current streaming generation, for the most part, does not seem to really like listening to one album all … Read more
Glitterer: Life Is Not A Lesson [Album Review]
GlittererLife Is Not A LessonANTI- [2021] Washington, D.C. resident and northeastern Pennsylvania native Ned Russin co-fronted Title Fight for many years before the band went … Read more
Julien Baker: Little Oblivions [Album Review]
Julien BakerLittle OblivionsMatador Records [2021] “Until then I’ll split the difference / Between medicine and poison / Take what I can get away with / … Read more
The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries: Suns Out Guns Out [Album Review]
The Martha’s Vineyard FerriesSuns Out Guns OutErnest Jenning Record Co. [2021] The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries have one of the best indie rock resumes in the … Read more
Cub Scout Bowling Pins: Heaven Beats Iowa [Album Review]
Cub Scout Bowling PinsHeaven Beats IowaGBV Inc. [2021] It didn’t take too long before Cub Scout Bowling Pins was revealed to be the current lineup … Read more
Cheekface: Emphatically No. [Album Review]
CheekfaceEmphatically No.New Professor Music [2021] Los Angeles band Cheekface has returned with their sophomore album Emphatically No. and it is an entertaining listen from front … Read more
Osees: Panther Rotate [Album Review]
OseesPanther RotateCastle Face Records [2020] Anymore it is almost a given that some of John Dwyer’s output will lean towards the experimental side of things. … Read more
Jason Henn: Jazz Pigs In High School [Album Review]
Jason HennJazz Pigs In High SchoolCara Records [2020] Over the past 12 years, Jason Henn has been writing and recording compact and catchy lo-fi pop … Read more
The Chives: The Chives [Album Review]
The ChivesThe ChivesSuper Wimpy Punch [2020] Sometimes shit just comes together. That statement can apply to so many things like money, relationships, projects and occasionally … Read more
Karkara: Nowhere Land [Album Review]
KarkaraNowhere LandStolen Body Records [2020] 2020 will forever go down as the year psych-rock exploded more into the indie scene with a multitude of quality … Read more