The Big Hungry and Charles James and The Rise Reviewed
January 29, 2025
The Big Hungry – Gravedigger
There’s great strength required to look upon the inevitable conclusion of a story. It’s a strength that a lot of people need but don’t possess. Who can they turn to? Family, preachers and philosophers may help. But even if they’d…
Luah and Osti Reviewed
January 22, 2025
Luah – Ocean O. (home 4 the holidays)
How much time can you allow yourself to spend on a memory? If you’re one of the modern people just trying to get through your day, unfortunately, the answer is that there ain’t much time to spare for any time dedicated to…
Andrew Judah and Shepherd Bridge Reviewed
January 15, 2025
Andrew Judah – Alora
When you consider all the people who actually have your best interest at heart, it’s hard not to get a little cynical. Can you really trust the stranger wishing you a good day? Is everyone reading out the news on television just following some…
Neutral Milk Hotel’s “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” stood out in the music world, suddenly obsessed with standardizing genres and making all artists adhere to a formula. Such eccentricities seemed to guarantee that these freak-folk ramblings would only…
APACALDA and RAINSONG Reviewed
December 2, 2024
APACALDA – Dead Weight
Ironically, it’s all of the pop stars who fought hardest to say things that, for the age, weren’t shocking and which most people could agree with that are the most easily forgotten. They’ll hardly ever have their songs used in films…
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…
Jett Kwong and Grady Philip Drugg Reviewed
October 30, 2024
Jett Kwong – Seeking Splendor
The people at the record labels have been trying to understand where it all went wrong for a while. It used to be that all they needed to do was find some talented musicians, press their songs onto vinyl records or CDs and rush them to…
Eolya and Julien Filion Reviewed
October 23, 2024
Eolya – Sál
All great artists are fated to, at one point or another, feel as if they’ve been hard done by fate and that they should have been born at a different time. Indeed, the perceived glory of the past is not something that belongs exclusively to artists.
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…