An album so stricken with grief that I can’t bring myself to make a witty smartass remark about it here. Continue reading
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“Rod Abernethy Connects with Current Times on ‘Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore’”
A title that supposes normal has ever been normal, though of course nothing is even close to whatever passes as normal, so it’s a wash. Continue reading
“Mipso Finds New Harmony on Self-Titled 6th Album”
A car crash makes for great creative inspiration. Who woulda thought? Continue reading
“Deftones Age Gracefully On ‘Ohms'”
Oooooohhhhhhhmmmmmmetaaaaaaloooooohhhmmmmmm Continue reading
“Bright Eyes Are Getting Older and Facing Doom on ‘Down in the Weeds…'”
Another piece Present Andy wrote for Past Andy. Continue reading
“The Beths Are Unapologetically Emotional on ‘Jump Rope Gazers'”
Not just “a” Beth, but “the” Beths. Continue reading
“Hinds Usher in Summer With ‘The Prettiest Curse,’ Their Best Album Yet”
Hinds has a new album out. That’s it. That’s the excerpt. Continue reading
“‘Trying’: Starting A Family Isn’t Easy In This Honest, Charming Apple TV+ Series”
The first of two Apple TV+ series dropping this month that I actually like, riding on the strengths of Rafe Spall and Esther Smith. Continue reading
“Lilly Hiatt Gives Us ‘Walking Proof’ of Her Talent”
A river of sounds from sources wide and varied flow into one of my absolute top-tier favorite releases to date in this extremely long year. Continue reading
“Nap Eyes’ ‘Snapshot of a Beginner’ Won’t Put You to Sleep”
Look, it was between this title and a play on “bedroom eyes,” and I think I ultimately went with the lesser of two evils here. Continue reading
“Moaning Through the ‘Uneasy Laughter'”
For those who like their 80s nostalgia post-punk style, and by “those” I do not mean “me.” Continue reading
“Ratboys’ ‘Printer’s Devil’ Sounds Unlike the Ratboys You Know, and That’s a Good Thing”
Oh man, if you want indie rock musical reference points, have I EVER got indie rock musical reference points for you! Continue reading
“Letitia VanSant’s Mighty Heart Keeps a ‘Circadian’ Rhythm”
If you need another definition for “badass,” try listening to this record. Continue reading
“Khruangbin & Leon Bridges Take a Leisurely Ride Under the ‘Texas Sun'”
It might clock in at only 4 tracks, but this is a drive well worth taking. Continue reading
“Wolf Parade’s ‘Thin Mind’ Is Even Thinner On New Ideas”
Thin minds are the very worst kind of mind. They’re the hardest to write about, anyway. Continue reading
“5 New Releases We Love: Algiers’ Urgent Return, Georgia’s Perfect Dance Pop, And More”
Everything else may have gone wrong, but at least Bombay Bicycle Club’s first release in several years has gone totally right. Continue reading
“Hawktail’s ‘Formations’ Soars Over Tennessee”
Yes, this header is the best that I could do. No, that should stop you neither from reading the review nor listening to the record. Continue reading
“On Their Self-Titled Debut, Free Nationals Un-.Paak Themselves”
If there is a dad joke, and I can get away with making the dad joke, I will always, always, always make the dad joke, even dad jokes about Free Nationals albums. Continue reading
“No Album Left Behind: Tsunami Bomb’s The Spine That Binds”
If you put a set of explosives in the water and a massive tidal wave formed, you would get…a really bad joke. Also, this album kicks ass. Continue reading
“‘Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police’ Plays The Hits”
A new Juliana Hatfield album, following the other new Juliana Hatfield album, except *this* Juliana Hatfield album is The Police. Continue reading
