7.5
The Common Reeds and Big Society Reviewed
December 2, 2024
The Common Reeds – Fear
Interesting people need to be surrounded at all times by interesting things, be they real or fake. After nearly completing a journey that saw him conquering about half of the known world, Alexander (soon to be dubbed “The Great”) traveled…
Branson Anderson and Ben Denny Mo Reviewed
November 19, 2024
Branson Anderson – Shake Your Bangs
Country music, for at least 80 years or so, really sends out a message each time that it is played. It’s not about the lyrics to the song, the person doing the singing, or even the quality of those two things in tandem. It’s…
Marc Miner and Hamish Anderson Reviewed
November 14, 2024
Marc Miner – Ol’ Well
A guitar is a luxury that the truly great bluesmen, the ones whose heart hangs heavy with melancholy, will take and use, but don’t need. The guitar and all other instruments played by a combo are just devices to get the unconverted to…
The Holy Knives and Johnny & the Dinosaurs Reviewed
November 4, 2024
The Holy Knives – Killer
Bring back the guillotine. And have gladiators getting eaten up by tigers playing as a warm-up. I’m sure few people will complain. And, anyway, all those voices will be drowned out by everyone having a world of a time, fighting to get…
Fabian Brusk-Jahn - "In the Dungeons of Bäckabo" Reviewed
November 3, 2024
Maybe it is true that the Universe has a way of balancing things out. It never gives too much or too little to one place or a particular group of people. This leaves everyone having to scramble, needing to learn to negotiate and, occasionally, wanting to get the hell out of…
Max Bien Kahn and Chris Lively Reviewed
November 3, 2024
Max Bien Kahn – Saturday Night
Just take a look at all the rich and the beautiful sitting in front of an interviewer on late-night television and getting admired by millions of viewers. Would you really like to ring any of those people up and ask them how their day…
Kaleb Braun and Melanie A. Davis Reviewed
October 23, 2024
Kaleb Braun-Schulz x The Nightingale Band – Debts
They say that the eyes don’t lie, and a few hundred actors who’ve managed to crack the code, fool the cameras and earn a living saying someone else’s lines are merely the exception that proves the…
Hamish Anderson and Joel Nowakowski Reviewed
October 10, 2024
Hamish Anderson – Brighter Days
Some people live for the thrills, for the surprises and for the things that they never saw coming. These people are confident in the fortitude of their cardiovascular system and get bored really easily.
Of course, the folks…
Casey Frazier and Laura Zarougian Reviewed
October 10, 2024
Casey Frazier – If We Grow Old
Many kids try to record a couple of songs or start a high school band. The ones who can afford it make a bid to be pop stars. They put out a video and designed an online marketing campaign. Most of them stop once the money or the…