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
Population II: À la Ô Terre [Album Review]
Population IIÀ la Ô TerreCastle Face Records [2020] It seems that 2020 has been the year for the power psych genre to move from the … Read more
Smokescreens: A Strange Dream [Album Review]
SmokescreensA Strange DreamSlumberland Records [2020] You would never guess that the Smokescreens are from Los Angeles because their tender sounding classic indie pop is right … Read more
The Flower Kings: Islands [Album Review]
The Flower KingsIslandsInside Out Music [2020] A global pandemic may not be the most pleasant of origin stories but the new double album from Sweden’s … Read more
The Budos Band: Long In The Tooth [Album Review]
The Budos BandLong In The ToothDaptone Records [2020] Celebrating 15 years from the release of their debut album, The Budos Band return with their 6th … Read more
Love Coma: Love Coma [Album Review]
Love Coma Love ComaSelf-Released [2020] Evidently, San Antonio, TX-band, Love Coma have some unfinished business. Formed in the early 90’s by Chris Taylor, Matt Slocum, … Read more
Holy Motors: Horse [Album Review]
Holy MotorsHorseWharf Cat Records [2020] Estonia’s Holy Motors sophomore record, Horse, is an easy listen as singer/songwriter Eliann Tulve puts you into a perfect indie … Read more
Jeff Tweedy: Love Is The King [Album Review]
Jeff Tweedy Love Is The KingdBpm Records [2020] If you are looking for a silver-lining here in the eighth month of this long COVID fever … Read more
FUZZ: III [Album Review]
FUZZIIIIn The Red Records [2020] FUZZ, the Los Angeles-based trio of Ty Segall (drums, vocals), Charles Moothart (guitar, vocals), and new member Chad Ubovich (bass, … Read more
Bruce Springsteen: Letter To You [Album Review]
Bruce Springsteen Letter To YouColumbia Records [2020] Bruce Springsteen, the very guy who wrote “Glory Days” about folk who spend their adult years looking back … Read more
William Elliott Whitmore: I’m With You [Album Review]
William Elliott Whitmore I’m With YouBloodshot Records [2020] You would likely be forgiven if you mistook Iowa-based singer/songwriter William Elliott Whitmore for someone much older. … Read more
Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest [Album Review]
Tom PettyWildflowers & All The RestWarner Records [2020] As the story has been told, in 1994 when Tom Petty released his second solo record, Wildflowers, … Read more
Alright: I’m Doing This To Myself [Album Review]
AlrightI’m Doing This To MyselfSelf Aware Records [2020] Alright is a fuzzed out indie band from Charlotte, North Carolina that is led by the energetic … Read more
Frankie And The Witch Fingers: Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters… [Album Review]
Frankie And The Witch Fingers Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters . . .The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway Records [2020] Who: I count Frankie and … Read more
IDLES: Ultra Mono [Album Review]
IDLESUltra MonoPartisan Records [2020] One listen to the UK’s IDLES and you can’t deny the fierceness that surrounds their music. The band has a big … Read more
Fleet Foxes: Shore [Album Review]
Fleet Foxes ShoreANTI- [2020] There are a handful of songs in the middle of this fourth album from Fleet Foxes that feel very much in … Read more
Semisonic: You’re Not Alone EP [Album Review]
Semisonic You’re Not AlonePleasuresonic Recordings [2020] Google the Minnesota power/pop trio Semisonic and the first listing will always be their big hit single for 1998, … Read more
The Texas Gentlemen: Floor It!!! [Album Review]
The Texas Gentlemen Floor It!!!New West Records [2020] The first time I listened to The Texas Gentlemen’s newest release, Floor It!!!, I had a flashback … Read more
Bill Callahan: Gold Record [Album Review]
Bill CallahanGold RecordDrag City Records [2020] If there is one thing that shines some light during this pandemic year is that Bill Callahan has quickly … Read more
Lo Tom: LP2 [Album Review]
Lo Tom LP2Self-Released [2020] Lo Tom’s 2017 eponymously-titled debut proved an unexpected delight. In an age of political and emotional dysfunction, it just felt so … Read more
The Flaming Lips: American Head [Album Review]
The Flaming Lips American HeadWarner Records [2020] Described as a reflection on singer Wayne Coyne’s youthful upbringing in Oklahoma City, The Flaming Lips’ 16th album, … Read more
Guided By Voices: Mirrored Aztec [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesMirrored AztecGBV Inc. [2020] Go big or go home feels like the unwritten motto on the newest Guided By Voices album Mirrored Aztec. … Read more
Bright Eyes: Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was [Album Review]
Bright Eyes Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once WasDead Oceans [2020] It’s been 9 years since the last album of new music by … Read more
Kansas: The Absence Of Presence [Album Review]
Kansas The Absence Of PresenceInside Out Music [2020] It’s one thing to find the right musicians to fill in key slots in a classic band … Read more
Coriky: Coriky [Album Review]
CorikyCorikyDischord Records [2020] Just the thought of a new Fugazi record makes me want to run to the local record shop even during a pandemic! … Read more