Not a steak, nor a relative of Carol Burnett, but rather an album whose thesis essentially is that the world sucks, life sucks, people suck, but don’t worry, we’re all going to die someday or something. Continue reading
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Review: Sleeper, “The Modern Age”
An album whose title belies the somewhat not-very-modern style of the band. But in a good way! Continue reading
Review: Ex Hex, “It’s Real”
Remember, kids: If you can engage a thing you’re writing about more than once *before* you write about it, you should do that. Continue reading
Review: The Claypool Lennon Delirium, “South of Reality”
Andy gets to write about a new thing by Les Claypool (and also Sean Lennon (but for Andy, mostly Claypool (no offense Sean))), and he is excited about it. Continue reading
Review: Shook Twins, “Some Good Lives”
A lovely album loaded with lovely music, but of course Andy being Andy, Andy had some struggles with it. (Andy.) Continue reading
Review: Rustin Man, “Drift Code”
It’s free association time, in which Andy compares Paul Webb to Tom Waits AND David Bowie and uses a bunch of flower space age language to attempt, and maybe fail, to describe the new Rustin Man album’s sound. Continue reading
Review: Art Brut, Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out!
Sometimes, all you need from a record is a good 30+ minutes of rocking out, an excuse to just bop your head along with the music and not worry about what happens when the music ends and you have to just go about your boring old business as usual. Enter: Art Brut, releasing their first … Continue reading
Review: Gregory Alan Isakov, “Evening Machines”
Hello! I did another music review! This time, it’s Gregory Alan Isakov’s latest, Evening Machines, far and away one of the 2018 albums that’s gotten under my skin; the thing grows on me every time I listen to it. It’s wonderful. Frankly, I’m just going to cut off right here, except to say that if you’re … Continue reading
Review: Primaveras, Echoes in the Well of Being
Good day, lords and ladies! I did an album review! A California album review! Because, I’ve got to tell you: Primaveras’ first album, Echoes in the Well of Being, is either a love letter to California or a depressive picture of life dissatisfied in California, depending on how you choose to hear it. Regardless, I dig its … Continue reading
