Weezer: OK Human [Album Review]
Weezer OK HumanCrush Music/Atlantic Records [2021] With the pandemic postponement of the Hella Mega Tour with co-headliners Green Day and Fall Out Boy, Weezer has … Read more
Lucero: When You Found Me [Album Review]
Lucero When You Found MeLiberty & Lament/Thirty Tigers [2021] On the tenth studio album from long-time Memphis band Lucero, singer and songwriter Ben Nichols leads … Read more
Steve Earle & The Dukes: J.T. [Album Review]
Steve Earle & The Dukes J.T.New West Records [2021] Steve Earle, one of the founding fathers of Outlaw Country and Americana, has gotten awfully good … Read more
Kikagaku Moyo: Live At Levitation [Album Review]
Kikagaku Moyo Live At LevitationThe Reverberation Appreciation Society [2021] Kikagaku Moyo’s name translated means “geometric patterns.” The group hails from Tokyo, Japan and has been … Read more
Kiwi Jr.: Cooler Returns [Album Review]
Kiwi Jr.Cooler ReturnsSup Pop Records [2021] I always like to watch bands grow from their debut and attempt one of the biggest moments in any … Read more
Matthew Sweet: Catspaw [Album Review]
Matthew Sweet CatspawOmnivore Recordings [2021] As big a fan of “High Fidelity” as one can be, I’ve always been too much of a completist to … Read more
shame: Drunk Tank Pink [Album Review]
shameDrunk Tank PinkDead Oceans [2021] How about a record that embraces the isolation of current times with a simmering post-punk that will hit your core? … 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
The Postal Service: Everything Will Change [Album Review]
The Postal Service Everything Will ChangeSub Pop Records [2020] In 2003, Death Cab For Cutie’s lead singer/songwriter Ben Gibbard and electronica musician Jimmy Tamborello (sometimes … Read more
Sonny Falls: All That Has Come Apart/Once Did Not Exist [Album Review]
Sonny FallsAll That Has Come Apart/Once Did Not ExistPlastic Miracles [2020] If we would have gotten hold of Sonny Falls new double album before December … 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
Aaron Frazer: Introducing… [Album Review]
Aaron FrazerIntroducing…Dead Oceans/Easy Eye Sound [2021] One element that helped make the last record from Durand Jones and The Indications, American Love Call, a success … Read more
The White Stripes: Greatest Hits [Album Review]
The White Stripes Greatest HitsThird Man Records/Columbia Records [2020] Here in 2020, 13 years after the last studio release from The White Stripes, it’s funny … Read more
Phoebe Bridgers: Copycat Killers EP [Album Review]
Phoebe Bridgers Copycat Killers EPDead Oceans [2020] After releasing her critically acclaimed sophomore release, Punisher, back in the summer only to have it earn her … 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 Dirty Knobs: Wreckless Abandon [Album Review]
The Dirty Knobs Wreckless AbandonBMG [2020] Guitarist Mike Campbell, like Little Stephen Van Zandt (E Street Band) and Nils Lofgren (Crazy Horse & E Street … Read more
The War On Drugs: LIVE DRUGS [Album Review]
The War On Drugs LIVE DRUGSSuper High Quality Records [2020] In a year when we’ve all had to forego live concerts, it feels like a … Read more
Ghost Funk Orchestra: An Ode To Escapism [Album Review]
Ghost Funk OrchestraAn Ode To EscapismKarma Chief/Colemine Records [2020] Sometimes you come across an album that feels like it’s tailor-made for you. Maybe the songs … 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
Chris Stapleton: Starting Over [Album Review]
Chris Stapleton Starting OverMercury Records Nashville [2020] Like many country music artists, Chris Stapleton had already co-written several hit songs for and with artists like … Read more
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: K.G. [Album Review]
King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardK.G.Flightless Records [2020] After releasing a handful of live releases earlier this year, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have … Read more
The Nels Cline Singers: Share The Wealth [Album Review]
The Nels Cline Singers Share The WealthBlue Note Records [2020] Wilco fans can no doubt remember when experimental jazz guitarist Nels Cline came on board, … 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
Richard Hamilton: My Perfect World [Album Review]
Richard HamiltonMy Perfect WorldQuality Time Records [2020] Richard Hamilton (aka Ricky Hamilton or Ricky Hell) is the formal name of the founder of the criminally … Read more
SUPER-X: SUPER-X [Album Review]
SUPER-XSUPER-XPolaks/Spoilsport Records [2020] Melbourne’s SUPER-X is propelled by brothers Harrison and George Ottaway on muscle flexed guitars while being glued together by Kaelan Emond’s roaring … Read more