Mandy: Lawn Girl [Album Review]
MandyLawn GirlExploding In Sound [2024] Album Overview: Miranda Winters, known for her work with Melkbelly, steps into the spotlight with her debut album as Mandy, … Read more
Cloud Nothings: Final Summer [Album Review]
Cloud NothingsFinal SummerPure Noise Records [2024] Album Overview: Formed in 2009 by Dylan Baldi, Cloud Nothings transitioned from a solo lo-fi project to a cohesive … Read more
The Libertines: All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade [Album Review]
The LibertinesAll Quiet On The Eastern EsplanadeCasablanca/Republic Records [2024] Album Overview: The Libertines, known for their tumultuous past of infighting, implosions, and unruliness, are back … Read more
Drahla: angeltape [Album Review]
DrahlaangeltapeCaptured Tracks [2024] Album Overview: Drahla’s second full length album, angeltape, offers a profound exploration of their artistic evolution and personal experiences. Following the success … Read more
Sam Evian: Plunge [Album Review]
Sam EvianPlungeFlying Cloud Recordings/Thirty Tigers [2024] Album Overview: Plunge is the fourth studio album by Sam Evian, released on his own imprint Flying Cloud Recordings … Read more
The Jesus And Mary Chain: Glasgow Eyes [Album Review]
The Jesus And Mary ChainGlasgow EyesFuzz Club Records [2024] Album Overview: The Jesus and Mary Chain, which has been an influential band formed by brothers … Read more
Beans: Boots N Cats [Album Review]
BeansBoots N CatsFuzz Club Records [2024] Album Overview: At last, Beans has returned! Boots N Cats marks their third album, the follow-up to 2020’s All … 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
Boeckner: Boeckner! [Album Review]
BoecknerBoeckner!Sub Pop Records [2024] Album Overview: Boeckner! is the debut solo album by Dan Boeckner, the Canadian indie rocker known for his work with bands … 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
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
Pissed Jeans: Half Divorced [Album Review]
Pissed JeansHalf DivorcedSub Pop Records [2024] Album Overview: Half Divorced is the 6th LP from Pissed Jeans and the follow-up to 2017’s Why Love … Read more
Mary Timony: Untame The Tiger [Album Review]
Mary TimonyUntame The TigerMerge Records [2024] Album Overview: Untame the Tiger is Mary Timony’s fifth solo album, marking her return to solo work after a … 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
Omni: Souvenir [Album Review]
OmniSouvenirSub Pop Records [2024] Album Overview: Omni has been a band since 2016, but it wasn’t until 2019’s Networker that they really caught my … Read more
Ryan Adams: Heatwave | Star Sign | 1985 | Sword & Stone [Album Review]
Ryan AdamsHeatwaveStar Sign1985Sword & StonePAX-AM [2024] Album Overview: There are a lot of opinions floating around about singer/songwriter Ryan Adams and his attempts to rebuild … 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
Green Day: Saviors [Album Review]
Green DaySaviorsWarner Music [2024] Album Overview: Thirty years after their breakout album Dookie its hard to remember that this SF Bay area trio that were … 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
Hot Garbage: Precious Dream [Album Review]
Hot GarbagePrecious DreamMothland/EXAG’ Records [2024] Album Overview: Precious Dream is the sophomore album from Toronto’s Hot Garbage, a band I first encountered when they … 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
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
Catbells: Partly Cloudy [Album Review]
CatbellsPartly CloudySQFT Records [2023] Partly Cloudy is the full-length debut from the enigmatic female dream pop/folk rock artist who is most comfortable sharing her deepest, … 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