Ben Boquist and Alucuo Reviewed
January 23, 2026
Ben Boquist – Magnificat
We may be on the cusp of the Golden Age of Christian Rock, and not even know it. In fact, it’s not just the Christians wielding guitars that may have their day in the Sun, but many other spiritual movements using music as a tool for…
Mayzie and The Notwist Reviewed
January 23, 2026
Mayzie – Rise
The Western music notation system is a deficient one. And, frankly, so are all the other systems that aim to define music by a bunch of symbols. In fact, the very same can be said about all the textbooks that mean to explain literature, painting…
Positive Chaos and Bleu Grave Reviewed
January 23, 2026
Positive Chaos – Bowl Me Over
There’s only one greater fear than that we’re all dancing toward a terrible end. The greatest fear that most of us share, and few of us want to admit, is that this isn’t really the end at all, and that if things are getting worse…
Bretton Kyle and Courtney Hadwin Reviewed
January 23, 2026
Bretton Kyle – We Can Be Good
At the very start of Hollywood, studios couldn’t pay a leading actor enough to take on the part of a villain. What if this was all that audiences were going to remember him for? What if their mother saw them in the movie and thought…
Trash Pillow and Devereux Scales Reviewed
January 23, 2026
Trash Pillow – Eyes On Us (It’s The Sound Of A Drone)
It’s a mighty great time to be paranoid. Geezer Butler may not have known what the word meant when he penned the lyrics to Black Sabbath, but, listen, the whole thing is making a great comeback. And, if…
RUDY and Odd Marshall Reviewed
January 23, 2026
RUDY – Honey Dripper
Practice your instrument and live enough so that you can acquire some soul, and you’re going to find yourself in a pretty lonesome place. Sure, when it comes to Western rock music, the blues sits at the heart of everything, but the vast…
Jesse Creatchman and The Painted Roses Reviewed
January 23, 2026
Jesse Creatchman – Fortress
Nowadays, bands that have been doing it for a while, for the most part, don’t even bother putting out new music. And the ones that are ambitious enough to record whole concept records every couple of years, don’t bother playing more…
Soyboy and Cosmic Madness Reviewed
January 23, 2026
Soyboy – Slap!
Growing up, I always thought that sexual deviance, narcotic use, and activities that endanger your safety would just be a little … ehm … more exciting. At the very least, I imagined that, should you choose to partake in any of these, your…
Fire in the Radio and Oh Dang Reviewed
January 23, 2026
Fire in the Radio – Prarie
Listen, all I’m suggesting is that you listen to AI music once. You won’t need to seek it out a second time, and, if we’re being honest, you’re going to spend the next few years trying to filter the damn thing out anyway.
But…