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Count The Clock and Lana Leone Reviewed
February 25, 2026
Count The Clock – So Dumb
Dreams are a terrible thing. They just get our expectations up. When they’re really something worth remembering, those morning dreams, especially, always make you think that if you concentrate hard enough on positive emotions, you’ll be…
Essencer and Violet UltraRay Reviewed
February 16, 2026
Essencer – so long
There aren’t a lot of books that promise to teach you how to be a romantic. In fact, try to pitch those kinds of ideas to a typical publisher, and they’ll likely say that they could as well release books teaching people how to go…
caed And Ryan O'Connell Reviewed
January 9, 2026
caed – throw me in
Did Beethoven and Shostakovich really exist, or did history make them up so that kids at fancy music schools would have enough composers to worry about when working on their homework? And if they did exist, so what?
We’ve got our own…
Funny Feelings and scarlet dahlias Reviewed
December 14, 2025
Funny Feelings – Campaign
I’ll admit it! There’s something immensely satisfying about a corporation’s failure to create art on a conveyor belt and sell it for as much as they see fit. Perhaps I just like seeing people fail and waste money. Maybe I’m too much…
Rico Mindy and Darko's Aufhebung Reviewed
November 13, 2025
Rico Mindy – Gold Rush
Where do you go in your mind when you really need to escape reality, or is that just a skill that you’ve never been quite able to acquire? And, perhaps, even more importantly, where do your favourite songs help you go to in your…
Blue Tomorrows and oh, hooray Reviewed
November 4, 2025
Blue Tomorrows – Owl Creek Blues
Personally, I blame Joni Mitchell and all the Laurel Canyon songwriters. I’m sure that Bob Dylan, The Band, Eric Clapton and all the rock stars who professed to the benefits of moving to the country in order to record music there…
Language Games and Blue John Reviewed
November 4, 2025
Language Games – Consumer creatures
Nowadays, you’re more likely to spot a ghost strolling through the crowds than to notice an ad for a soft drink commercial. Sure, the ad’s going to stick somewhere inside your head, and you’ll find yourself wanting to order…
Stefanie Joyce and Jon Hood Reviewed
October 30, 2025
Stefanie Joyce – Blindfold
How does a songwriter know when they’ve written a classic? I suspect that, among other things, listening back to the song makes them feel uncomfortable and makes them consider erasing the recording before anyone else gets a chance to…
Kramies - “Goodbye DreamPop Troubadour” Review
October 17, 2025
How long before a modern pop artist’s life starts to belong to the public? How many notable songs, movies, or events must occur before the public can make claims and demand that the artist never change the things that made them famous in the first place?
An artist…