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Brandon Bryson and MoonLikeSun Reviewed
July 8, 2024
Brandon Bryson – Wash Away
Your parents may have made you play sports as a kid. They might’ve told you that the effort was going to be worthwhile and that you would learn a bunch of important life lessons. Look at you now! You have nearly perfect health but need…
Binary Sunset and JBNG Reviewed
July 8, 2024
Binary Sunset – Pas de fleurs
Boxers need to get their noses broken sooner or later. It’s just the way it is. That’s why their trainers, in an act of mercy and goodwill, often offer to break it ahead of a big fight. At the very least, the boxers know what’s…
International Music and Goddamn Wolves Reviewed
July 8, 2024
International Music – Guter Ort
The democratization of pop-rock music is a strange thing to witness. Sure, it’s great that everyone can and is encouraged to do it. But be careful what you wish for. If you start letting everybody in, the next thing you know, folks…
Vast Robot Armies and The Strange Ones Reviewed
July 6, 2024
Vast Robot Armies – Dinner Music (Redeux)
Nerds and geeks make for great things, friends, but I’d reconsider having them over for dinner too often. People without any hobbies or interests make up the majority, and they’ll usually find things related to politics…
Blanker and Dream Pony Reviewed
July 5, 2024
Blanker – Hives
You may always feel like your life is lacking something. That kind of anxiety is natural, the experts assure us. And, most likely, that kind of fear is enough to drive us toward our goals. In fact, if anything, it’s best to think as little as…
Ross Everitt and bigfish Reviewed
July 5, 2024
Ross Everitt – The America Song
It’s hard to ignore what the U.S.A. means to a lot of people. Sure, this massive piece of land is home to natural wonders, great engineering feats, and some amazing people. Sure, they might’ve not heard of Gauguin or Beethoven…
VANDALISBIN and SPUR Reviewed
July 1, 2024
VANDALISBIN – Bottle of Wisdom
I just watched the Bon Jovi documentary. Well, I watched the first five minutes, ran to the kitchen for a cup of coffee, and never came back. I think I’ve seen enough to review it. And I certainly saw enough of it to think it was…
Rising Enemy and Gooseberry Reviewed
June 27, 2024
Rising Enemy – Atheneum
There’s power in artificiality. For one thing, it takes away some of the expectations of poor, regular humans using their regular strength to do great things and to be original and perfect each time that they attempt something.
This is…
Död Mans Band and Interlay Reviewed
June 25, 2024
Död Mans Band – Nere på knä
I’d like to live a dream in a record machine. So should you. And so are millions of people from all over the world. In fact, it’s these commonly shared fantasies that allow the music business to operate as it has for previous…