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CASILIAN and The Shape of Sanctum Reviewed
October 10, 2024
CASILIAN – Haine de mon ADN
You don’t just get people to listen to your message regardless of how important it may be. Just try and find esteemed college professors and try to post their classes on YouTube. Most often, you’ll notice that they have tens of views…
Blair Small and Marty Gray Reviewed
October 10, 2024
Blair Small – Home
Pop songwriters get a bad rap. But that’s only because there aren’t many of them who are any good. The majority of them, who can actually earn a living, are made to work together in group six and co-write tunes that get pitched to the likes of…
Unknown Venus and Dr. Rocket Reviewed
October 9, 2024
Unknown Venus – Pinned
It’s no coincidence that so many rock and pop musicians perform with masks nowadays. What used to be a rarely-seen gimmick is now a valid choice for those looking for a career in the music business.
Of course, bands will sell this to…
Dork and Kaala Reviewed
October 9, 2024
Dork – Legs
The second worst thing that you can tell somebody from Northern Europe, if you’ve known them for a few decades, is that you love them. That will really freak them out.
The very worst thing that you can do is sit next to them on the bus or the…
Your Westies and Folklore Society Reviewed
October 3, 2024
Your Westies – Cherries
We all wait anxiously for the “New Sound,” that thing that will make us music listeners and record collectors find something wholly novel and exciting to ping our collective hopes on. But although new sounds and techniques do spring up…
The Marley Woods and Bang Bang Jet Away Reviewed
October 3, 2024
The Marley Woods – Good Times
There wasn’t a lot of for negativity back at the dawn of pop music. This was, after all, music set to appeal primarily to teenagers who had inherited a brave new world after the war. A couple of decades later, pop music had embraced…
The Chairman Dances and Josh Rifkin Reviewed
October 2, 2024
The Chairman Dances – Hadn’t Tried
The great pop songs contain some kind of universal message. This is why crowds learn to sing them even decades after they were originally released. This is why producers use them in romantic films and horror movies. It’s…
Bad Days and Lorie Reviewed
October 2, 2024
Bad Days – Break Me Down
Getting angry isn’t really clever. And maybe that’s one of the reasons it is so frowned upon to express it in polite company. The other part that bugs people, of course, is the unpredictability of angry people. Somebody gets up and…
Overheard and Spun Mellow Reviewed
September 29, 2024
Overheard – Time on a Good Day
Some of the greatest music posters feature exactly the same image. There’s a gigantic crowd sitting in front of the stage, and most of the people there seem to have succumbed to some kind of mania. There are gigantic amplifiers on…