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Dan Pye and Hour Reviewed
August 12, 2026
Dan Pye – Bedlam
If you’re considering becoming an artist, even a humble songwriter, take a very long time before making the choice. In fact, if possible, rethink it. If you’ve the ability to become a lawyer, doctor, or just work inside of an office, do that…
Mikael Willy Wilhelmsson and Parking Garage Reviewed
August 12, 2026
Mikael Willy Wilhelmsson – Fever From Broken Bones
If you’ve any ambition of becoming someone great, regardless of the field in which you wish to achieve mastery, you must find somebody who has already earned the things you have. You must make sure that you admire…
Teddy McGraw and SJ5 Reviewed
August 12, 2026
Teddy McGraw – We’ll Put You Back Together Again
There will always be more rock musicians writing and singing about cars and girls than those trying to ask serious life questions. But if there’s any silver lining, it’s that the former never really last for…
Jon-Olov Woxlin - “The Mountains of My Home”
August 12, 2026
If you’d like to reduce the whole beauty and hideousness of human history to just one phrase, I’d recommend saying that it’s merely one long story of people trying very hard to avoid discomfort and failing. Why, otherwise, are people so obsessed with comfort? Why would…
John Lennon used to say that it’s impossible for a songwriter not to write about themselves, however hard they tried. In interviews, he would point to put-down songs he had written about his rivals and reveal that, upon thinking back on the words and sentiments, he…
Blister - “numb” Review
August 12, 2026
Musicians aren’t unlike anybody else in that if you ask nicely, they’re likely to tell you the story of their lives. Most of them, knowing that you’re planning to ask, will just put the story in writing, deliver it to websites for publicity, or ask you to buy it as…
Scott Ritcher and Plastic Nancy Reviewed
August 10, 2026
Scott Ritcher – Stack ’em Up
Most people just care a little too much. That’s why they have nervous breakdowns when their plans for world domination and for planning a nice family Sunday dinner don’t work out the way that they intended.
And rock stars…
nylon phoenix and Perímetro Reviewed
August 10, 2026
nylon phoenix – Magenta
The original punk-rockers are the only musicians who ever truly looked cool, and it was, largely, because of how messed up and monstrous they all turned out in photographs. They look like people who wouldn’t be invited to their dad’s…
Defoe & Pronai and GranSylvan Reviewed
August 9, 2026
Defoe & Pronai – Whisky For Breakfast
I like hearing about people who do brave things. I like reading about people who do the kinds of things for which they receive praise, but things that I would never do myself. No, I do not concern myself with their safety or…