Beans: All Together Now [Album Review]
BeansAll Together NowFlightless Records [2020] All Together Now is the Geelong-based quintet Beans (formally Baked Beans) follow up to their 2018 debut record Babble. The … Read more
Mong Tong: Mystery [Album Review]
Mong TongMysteryGuruguru Brain [2020] If you have been reading the pages of TFN over the past year, you have probably noticed more press on the … Read more
Hum: Inlet [Album Review]
HumInletEarth Analog Records [2020] Anymore, it always takes something a little extra to surprise us and on June 23rd, Chicago’s Hum did just that as … Read more
RVG: Feral [Album Review]
RVGFeralOur Golden Friend [2020] Melbourne’s RVG have returned with their sophomore album, Feral, and it completely rises the quartet to another level. There has been … Read more
2nd Grade: Hit To Hit [Album Review]
2nd GradeHit To HitDouble Double Whammy [2020] With such a heavy world right now the sophomore record from Philadelphia’s 2nd Grade is the perfect dose … Read more
Woods: Strange To Explain [Album Review]
WoodsStrange To ExplainWoodsist Records [2020] Strange To Explain is Woods 11th full length album (not counting collaborations, split LPs, EPs, and singles), and the 99th … 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
Drakulas: Terminal Amusements [Album Review]
DrakulasTerminal AmusementsDine Alone Records [2020] Drakulas, is an art-rock quartet from Austin, TX, that just recently released their sophomore full length Terminal Amusements. The group … Read more
Andy Hampel: Nightshift [Album Review]
Andy HampelNightshiftSelf-Released [2020] There is nothing better right now than being able to complete some long overdue projects with the extra time we have staying … Read more
The Black Watch: Brilliant Failures [Album Review]
The Black WatchBrilliant FailuresA Turntable Friend Records [2020] Since the bands beginnings in 1988, founder and consistent member John Andrew Fredrick has now written and … Read more
Ty Segall: Segall Smeagol [Album Review]
Ty SegallSegall SmeagolSelf-Released [2020] I can’t name many good things so far that have come out of self-isolation but this new free EP from Ty … Read more
Black Market Brass: Undying Thirst [Album Review]
Black Market BrassUndying ThirstColemine Records [2020] Black Market Brass is a Minneapolis-based group performing their own brand of originally composed Afrobeat/Afrofunk music, and Undying Thirst … Read more
Monophonics: It’s Only Us [Album Review]
Monophonics It’s Only Us Colemine Records [2020] We are currently in really strange times so the smooth soul of the Monophonics fifth record, It’s Only … Read more
Porridge Radio: Every Bad [Album Review]
Porridge RadioEvery BadSecretly Canadian [2020] What started out as a bedroom project from singer Dana Margoiln has quickly evolved into a much bigger indie band … Read more
Eyelids: The Accidental Falls [Album Review]
EyelidsThe Accidental FallsJealous Butcher Records [2020] When you can list Guided By Voices, The Decemberists, Stephen Malkmus and Elliott Smith as artists you have played … Read more
Nada Surf: Never Not Together [Album Review]
Nada Surf Never Not Together Barsuk Records [2020] Nada Surf’s ninth studio recording and first in almost four years, Never Not Together, does not necessarily … Read more
Mr. Wrong: Create A Place [Album Review]
Mr. Wrong Create A Place Water Wing Records [2020] TFN Album Review: Create A Place is the sophomore album from Portland, Oregon’s Mr. Wrong and … Read more
Kiwi Jr.: Football Money [Album Review]
Kiwi Jr. Football Money Mint/Persona Non Grata Records [2019/2020] TFN Album Review: Here is a record I have been sitting on for a bit as … Read more
Ty Segall: Pig Man Lives Volume I [Album Review]
Ty Segall Pig Man Lives Volume I See Note / Drag City Records [2019] TFN Album Review: Ty Segall has been consistently releasing his style … Read more
Smug Brothers: Serve A Thirsty Moon [Album Review]
Smug Brothers Serve A Thirsty Moon Gas Daddy Go! Records [2019] TFN Album Review: Serve A Thirsty Moon completes a trifecta for Dayton’s Smug Brothers … Read more
DIIV: Deceiver [Album Review]
DIIV Deceiver Captured Tracks [2019] TFN Album Review: The third record from DIIV has always been somewhat in jeopardy as frontman Zachary Cole Smith has … Read more
GUV: GUV II [Album Review]
GUV GUV II Run For Cover Records [2019] TFN Album Review: You are not seeing double as Ben Cook’s solo effort GUV has released GUV … Read more
Mikal Cronin: Seeker [Album Review]
Mikal Cronin Seeker Merge Records [2019] TFN Album Review: Seeker is Mikal Cronin’s fourth LP but he is probably known best as Ty Segall’s bass … Read more
Leeroy Stagger: Strange Path [Album Review]
Leeroy Stagger Strange Path True North Records [2019] Who: Alberta musician Leeroy Stagger has a 17-year singer songwriter resume, two kids, a home in Lethbridge … Read more
Liam Gallagher: Why Me? Why Not. [Album Review]
Liam Gallagher Why Me? Why Not. Warner Records [2019] Who: The Oasis singer Liam Gallagher is back with his sophomore solo record. Sound: Liam embraces … Read more