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Lil' Red & The Rooster and Timmy Skelly Reviewed
August 12, 2025
Lil’ Red & The Rooster – Wild’s Rising
Yeah, there’d be no pop music without the blues. That’s not simply an exaggeration meant to shine a light on the beauty of this music. It’s the truth, and it’s how things worked out. The first great…
Loose Buttons and Cars and Girls Reviewed
August 3, 2025
Loose Buttons – Just A Boy In A Band
Peter Pan joined a rock band, played Las Vegas for decades, and in this way tricked nature into never having to grow up. Funnily enough, many of those staring up at him and at those big lights thought that perpetual adolescence…
The Endless Mountain Derelicts and Joe Rian Reviewed
July 29, 2025
The Endless Mountain Derelicts – Murder in the Mountains
Whatever did the hippies do to all the people who couldn’t trust the peace and love movement enough to wear flowers in their hair? Were they driven out of town on a rail, or merely ignored from all the cool…
Saint Nick the Lesser - "21 Minutes" Reviewed
July 23, 2025
Window dressing. Clutter. Vestigial Adornments. Most art that’s ever been created has plenty of useless stuff to go along with the main talking points. It keeps reviewers like me employed. But, even worse, it confuses the people who truly want to interact with the art.
Foot Ox and Elly Kace Reviewed
July 14, 2025
Foot Ox – Horseshoe
While there’s no vehicle that will return us to the Old West, the majority of us know what to expect. You don’t even have to be a student of North American history or a fan of John Wayne and his horse-riding buddies to know what it…
Hazlett and Spare Souls Reviewed
July 3, 2025
Hazlett – mountain of a memory
The bands that tend to be most successful are the ones that understand what they’re on stage for and, somehow, manage to accept it. They’re rare. Most artists, instinctively, want to show their audiences that they’re something…
Seth Portenlanger and Amanda Pascali Reviewed
June 26, 2025
Seth Portenlanger – Hiroshima Lollipop
What’s the last truly great folk song that’s been written, and who sang it? While some might be subscribed to the Jesse Welles folk-news account, most others will shrug to tell you to buy a very early Bob Dylan album and…
Hadnot Creek and Real Ones Reviewed
June 16, 2025
Hadnot Creek – Sailor
Writers who spend years trying to come up with a great, colossally innovative idea are just wasting their time, or that of their patrons. All the good ones are taken. But don’t despair. They’ve always been taken.
Indeed, realistically…
Skies Unfold and Trevor Sensor Reviewed
June 16, 2025
Skies Unfold – Bombed
What do you get for all your sorrows? Regular folks like us just get a bunch of headaches, stress and, if left untreated, some nasty stomach ulcers. That in itself is enough to convince you to embrace tools that make you feel…