Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood [Album Review]
WaxahatcheeTigers BloodANTI- [2024] Album Overview: Tigers Blood is the latest album from the talented singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield, known by her stage name Waxahatchee. Having begun … Read more
Karkara: All Is Dust [Album Review]
KarkaraAll Is DustLe Cépe/EXAG’/Stolen Body Records [2024] Album Overview: Karkara, a psychedelic rock band formed in Toulouse in 2019, has been steadily making waves in … Read more
Marbled Eye: Read The Air [Album Review]
Marbled EyeRead The AirSummer Shade/Digital Regress [2024] Album Overview: Marbled Eye, an Oakland-based band, is set to release their sophomore album, Read The Air, tomorrow, … Read more
Choncy: 20X MULTIPLIER [Album Review]
Choncy20X MULTIPLIERFeel It Records [2024] Album Overview: Choncy is a four-piece punk band hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio that has just released their sophomore album, 20X … Read more
Charles Moothart: Black Holes Don’t Choke [Album Review]
Charles MoothartBlack Holes Don’t ChokeIn The Red Records [2024] Album Overview: Black Holes Don’t Choke marks Charles Moothart’s fourth full length and his official transition … Read more
Meatbodies: Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom [Album Review]
MeatbodiesFlora Ocean Tiger BloomIn The Red Records [2024] Album Overview: Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom is Meatbodies’ latest album, marking a significant progression from their previous … Read more
Torrey: Torrey [Album Review]
TorreyTorreySlumberland Records [2024] Album Overview: Ryann and Kelly Gonsalves formed Torrey in 2018 while living in San Francisco. Both their Sister EP (2019) and 2021 … Read more
Rip Van Winkle: The Grand Rapids EP [Album Review]
Rip Van WinkleThe Grand Rapids EPSplendid Research Records [2024] Album Overview: Rip Van Winkle was originally announced as a mysterious Robert Pollard project. Now, with … Read more
Hooper Crescent: Essential Tremors [Album Review]
Hooper CrescentEssential TremorsSpoilsport Records [2024] Album Overview: Essential Tremors is the sophomore album from Brunswick, Australia’s Hooper Crescent. It marks a significant progression from … Read more
IDLES: TANGK [Album Review]
IDLESTANGKPartisan Records [2024] Album Overview: TANGK is the fifth album by the British post-punk band IDLES. It marks a significant departure from their earlier … Read more
Cheekface: It’s Sorted [Album Review]
CheekfaceIt’s SortedSelf-Released [2024] Album Overview: It’s Sorted is Cheekface’s fourth album, following their excellent 2022 LP Too Much To Ask. It finds the band in … Read more
Topographies: Interior Spring [Album Review]
TopographiesInterior SpringDark Entries Records [2024] Album Overview: San Francisco band Topographies sophomore LP, Interior Spring, delves into themes of guilt, inherited trauma, and recovery. It’s … Read more
J Mascis: What Do We Do Now [Album Review]
J MascisWhat Do We Do NowSub Pop Records [2024] Album Overview: What Do We Do Now is the fifth solo studio album by J Mascis. … Read more
J. Robbins: Basilisk [Album Review]
J. RobbinsBasiliskDischord Records [2024] Album Overview: Basilisk is J. Robbins’ second solo album, following Un-Becoming, released in 2019. Recorded between 2021 and 2022 at his … Read more
The Umbrellas: Fairweather Friend [Album Review]
The UmbrellasFairweather FriendSlumberland Records [2024] Album Overview: The Umbrellas’ sophomore album, Fairweather Friend, follows their self-titled debut in 2021. This album sounds bigger in every … Read more
O-D-EX: Breaker [Album Review]
O-D-EXBreakerDirtnap Records [2024] Album Overview: Breaker is the debut LP from O-D-EX, the latest project of musician Mark Ryan (Marked Men, Mind Spiders), along with … Read more
Sleater-Kinney: Little Rope [Album Review]
Sleater-KinneyLittle RopeLoma Vista Recordings [2024] Album Overview: Sleater-Kinney’s album Little Rope is one of the most delicately layered records in the band’s nearly 30-year career. … Read more
The Vaccines: Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations [Album Review]
The VaccinesPick-Up Full Of Pink CarnationsThirty Tigers [2024] Album Overview: The Vaccines have released their sixth studio album, Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations, produced by … Read more
Car Seat Headrest: Faces From The Masquerade [Album Review]
Car Seat HeadrestFaces From The MasqueradeMatador Records [2023] I remember seeing Will Toledo and Car Seat Headrest early on back in 2016, soon after Teens … Read more
MJ Lenderman: And The Wind (Live and Loose!) [Album Review]
MJ LendermanAnd The Wind (Live and Loose!)ANTI- [2023] This review should serve as a wake-up call to all our readers who have not yet embraced … Read more
Wurld Series: The Giant’s Lawn [Album Review]
Wurld SeriesThe Giant’s LawnMeritorio Records [2023] Wurld Series hails from Christchurch, New Zealand, and The Giant’s Lawn is the group’s third LP. The history of … Read more
Hotline TNT: Cartwheel [Album Review]
Hotline TNTCartwheelThird Man Records [2023] Brooklyn-based Hotline TNT’s latest album, Cartwheel, unfolds as a captivating exploration of life’s complexities, love, and the ongoing journey of … Read more
Spiritual Cramp: Spiritual Cramp [Album Review]
Spiritual CrampSpiritual CrampBlue Grape Music [2023] I’ve been keeping an ear out for this debut ever since the San Francisco punk outfit, Spiritual Cramp, self-released … Read more
The Bug Club: Rare Birds – Hour Of Song [Album Review]
The Bug ClubRare Birds: Hour Of SongBingo/We Are Busy Bodies [2023] “My bathtub has three taps.. hot, cold and Bach chorale. Balance is hard to … Read more
Black Pumas: Chronicles Of A Diamond [Album Review]
Black PumasChronicles Of A DiamondATO Records [2023] The eponymous debut album from the Black Pumas, released in 2019, feels like it was released much longer … Read more