The Horses and Joshua Hawkes Reviewed
August 1, 2026
The Horses – It’s Alright (It’s Summertime)
“Gotta get up early and do some stupid stuff!” That’s how The Horses describe their plans for the Summer holiday, and if you’re one of the people worrying about getting the most out of your holiday…
Zak Smith and J. Killen Reviewed
August 1, 2026
Zak Smith – Fix Me
The biggest rock stars, I suspect, are people beloved by millions of people and, especially, by their management team. They’re easy to talk to. They take orders well, and they’re insanely frightened about doing the wrong thing.
And…
Jack Grisham and the Life Undone AND Old Sparky Reviewed
August 1, 2026
Jack Grisham and the Life Undone – Pain Goes Around
Legends don’t deserve your respect and, usually, if they hired the right people along the way, don’t even need the money. Most of them hang around for the applause though, for something to do, for a shred of…
Julian Rybarski and mMoron Reviewed
August 1, 2026
Julian Rybarski – This Tide Is Very Low
The old saying about walking in a man’s shoes, like all overused phrases and cliches, happens to be true. It’s something worth considering as you slip on your headphones, listen to a song that transports you to a…
Chief Ghoul and CR & The White Lights Reviewed
August 1, 2026
Chief Ghoul – On My Trail…
Rock music, especially nowadays, is a sugary confection, a thing so sweet that you need a glass of water and a lie down after you encounter it. Even the people in black metal bands wearing upside-down crucifixes on their clothing, in…
Reduction in Force and Samuel Price Reviewed
August 1, 2026
Reduction in Force – Reconcile
It’s the same ideas staring back at us, moving in circles and asking us to improve this time around. Human creativity, just like pop trends, tends to circle over the same ideas. They get used, then used up, then thrown away, then…
Autumn Moonlight and Unknown Vagabond Reviewed
August 1, 2026
Autumn Moonlight – SPLIT
Everybody loves a good story of excessive studio perfection. There are tales of bands like Steely Dan, Korn, or Guns n’ Roses spending millions upon millions of US dollars and months or years on chasing a precise, and elusive…
A Place To Bury Strangers and Kurt Jones Reviewed
July 28, 2026
A Place To Bury Strangers – Losing Time
Do bona fide, true blue heroes ever contemplate the moment when they won’t be able to do the same things that they’ve done for so many years anymore? Do they ever lie awake, just like nearly everybody else, worrying about…
No Tree To Heaven and Kat Five Reviewed
July 28, 2026
No Tree To Heaven – Running for Your Life
It’s tempting to think that the future has already been written. In fact, it’s Likely, been chronicled time and time again. What new tricks? Every single combination of every possible outcome has already been played…