NOFX / Frank Turner: West Coast Vs. Wessex [Album Review]
NOFX / Frank TurnerWest Coast Vs. WessexFat Wreck Chords [2020] When Fat Mike of NOFX phoned up Frank Turner and asked him if he wanted … Read more
Randy Holden: Population II [Album Review]
Randy Holden Population IIRidingEasy Records [2020] Randy Holden’s Population II has had a long, tortuous road to its most recent reissue, the ins and outs … Read more
Liza Anne: Bad Vacation [Album Review]
Liza Anne Bad VacationArts & Crafts [2020] Georgia-based, indie rocker Liza Anne returns with her fourth album of smart pop-craft, with plenty of 80’s new … Read more
Taylor Swift: Folklore [Album Review]
Taylor Swift FolkloreRepublic Records [2020] It’s almost hard to say what’s more surprising here, that Taylor Swift dropped a surprise new album last Thursday that … Read more
Weiwu: Are You Perfect Yet? [Album Review]
Weiwu Are You Perfect Yet?Self-Released [2020] Weiwu is the name chosen by Michael Gungor, as he steps away from the contemporary Christian music band that … Read more
Rufus Wainwright: Unfollow The Rules [Album Review]
Rufus Wainwright Unfollow The RulesBMG [2020] Somehow, even when Rufus Wainwright was getting a lot of buzz for the sophisticated sound on his self-titled debut … Read more
Holy Wave: Interloper [Album Review]
Holy Wave InterloperReverberation Appreciation Society [2020] Who: The story of Holy Wave starts in El Paso, Texas. This quickly changes in 2008 after a life … Read more
The Jayhawks: XOXO [Album Review]
The Jayhawks XOXOSham/Thirty Tigers [2020] While the quartet of musicians at the heart of The Jayhawks have been together more or less for a quarter … Read more
Wire: 10:20 [Album Review]
Wire 10:20Pinkflag [2020] While 2020 has taken a lot away from us, like live concerts and international travel, one thing we worth celebrating is that … Read more
Muzz: Muzz [Album Review]
Muzz MuzzMatador Records [2020] According the dictionary, “muzz” is a transitive verb which is British slang that means “to confuse” someone, or make them muzzy, … Read more
Jaime Wyatt: Neon Cross [Album Review]
Jaime Wyatt Neon CrossNew West Records [2020] Over the decades, county music has loved a hard luck story, a tears in your beer weeper … Read more
The 1975: Notes On A Conditional Form [Album Review]
The 1975 Notes On A Conditional FormDirty Hit/Interscope Records [2020] By now, there are some constants that we can assert about The 1975. They like … Read more
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down [Album Review]
Thao & The Get Down Stay DownTempleRibbon Music [2020] After 2016’s A Man Alive release Thao Nguyen lost interest in her music and the group … Read more
EOB: Earth [Album Review]
EOB EarthCapitol Records [2020] EOB is the moniker used by Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien for this debut solo venture, Earth, the music of which he … Read more
Diet Cig: Do You Wonder About Me? [Album Review]
Diet CigDo You Wonder About Me?Frenchkiss Records [2020] I will tell you that I was all about Alex Luciano and Noah Bowman, of rock duo … Read more
Local H: Lifers [Album Review]
Local H LifersAntiFragile Music [2020] It’s one thing to make compelling music as a hard rocking duo – just guitar and drums –delivering music that … Read more
M. Ward: Migration Stories
M. Ward Migration StoriesANTI— [2020] On the 10th solo album from M. Ward it’s unlikely that anyone who’s encountered his music over the recent decades … Read more
Flat Worms: Antarctica [Album Review]
Flat Worms AntarcticaGOD?/Drag City Records [2020] Who: Los Angeles-based Flat Worms clean up a tad for their latest LP. Sound: California fuzz-noise punks get special … Read more
Swamp Dogg: Sorry You Couldn’t Make It [Album Review]
Swamp Dogg Sorry You Couldn’t Make ItJoyful Noise Recordings [2020] Who: Jerry Williams Jr. a.k.a Swamp Dogg has been making music since the 1950s. In … Read more
Watermelon Slim: Traveling Man [Album Review]
Watermelon Slim Traveling ManNorthernBlues Music [2020] Watermelon Slim, originally born as William P. Homans III, has come to his career in blues music by a … Read more
Brian Fallon: Local Honey [Album Review]
Brian Fallon Local HoneyLesser Known Records/Thirty Tigers [2020] Brian Fallon’s freshly released third solo album, Local Honey, had to have been written and recorded prior … Read more
Best Coast: Always Tomorrow [Album Review]
Best CoastAlways TomorrowConcord Records [2020] I always like a comeback story and Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino has returned to music after a 5 year absence. … Read more
Wasted Shirt: Fungus II [Album Review]
Wasted Shirt Fungus IIFamous Class Records [2020] Ty Segall is back and this time he has collaborated with Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt to form Wasted Shirt. Their debut, Fungus … Read more
The Proper Ornaments: Mission Bells [Album Review]
The Proper Ornaments Mission BellsTapete Records [2020] After a few enjoyable listens to this fifth album from London’s The Proper Ornaments, I was surprised to … Read more
Ethan Gruska: En Garde [Album Review]
Ethan GruskaEn GardeWarner Records [2020] On this sophomore effort by Ethan Gruska, his producer chops are on display as much as his melodic sensibilities as … Read more