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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…
Silver Liz and Cotton Caves Reviewed
October 13, 2025
Silver Liz – Dream More Vivid
As we speak, about a million musicians are writing Reddit posts detailing all of the ways in which they feel sorry for themselves, and angry at the world that’s spurned them. Keep it up, and you can add metal guitarists to the list of…
Melodiva - “Landscapes | Reimagined” Review
October 11, 2025
Musicians nowadays have to work with very fine margins. Do something that’s too wild and you lose the public attention, but do something too familiar and you’re branded as being unoriginal. Work on constantly expanding your musical vocabulary, and you risk alienating…
Mostly Frogs and Carlos Atlantis Reviewed
October 3, 2025
Mostly Frogs – Grape Vape
Music genres rarely exist anymore and the opportunity for a veteran of a particular scene to start yelling at a younger disciple for not adhering wholeheartedly to the recommended list of approved bands does not exist…