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Glazyhaze and Nik Brinkman Reviewed
February 21, 2025
Glazyhaze – NIRVANA
Watching rock bands playing inside of a stadium is usually the dirty little secret kept by a few thousand people. Sure, everyone there probably had fun. But ask them again in a few years, and they’ll probably deny everything.
Instead…
Brian Noyes and TheFleok Reviewed
February 13, 2025
Brian Noyes – Dollhouse Man
Where do all the pop songwriters go? If they can swing it, they go to the studio of the big pop stars of the day. They ask if they can write them songs. And if it’s an important writing session, they get paired up with two to six other…
Bilardo - “Tarpaulin” Review
February 8, 2025
Pop music stopped being serious a long time ago. And the people who sell it to us try to convince us that this is a virtue. We’re supposed to use it and explore a world of wonder. Listen to it, they say, and you can make believe you’re Sabrina Carpenter shaking her butt…
COVVES and Porcelain Dancer Reviewed
February 8, 2025
COVVES – Fever
The idea of niche music genres not being able to cross over into the mainstream is ridiculous. The history of pop music is, if anything, a history of oddities and novelties that reached immense fame.
It’s only natural that all the…
Beware! Beware! and Dan Krochmal Reviewed
February 8, 2025
Beware! Beware! – Disco
People from the high life don’t write great novels, songs or paint wonderful paintings. Why would they put themselves to the grind of creating them? They must already have enough things to entertain them, including anecdotes from other…
Magana and Juno Dunes Reviewed
February 3, 2025
Magana – I’m Not Doing Anything
The modern music documentary has been a plight of several generations of would-be musicians and artists who have grown up enjoying them. We should all be familiar with the Behind the Music format that all docs now use. Act I…
Matt Maltese and Rose Hotel Reviewed
January 31, 2025
Matt Maltese – Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow
You gotta force people to hunch in to listen real closely if you truly want them to hang on to your every word. You gotta say little and make every sentence count. And to do all of that, you may counter popular belief and…
Lycio and Black Seagull Reviewed
January 23, 2025
Lycio – I Feel Like Being In Love
Pop music may not mean much to everyone, but it has the potential to deliver something special to anyone. It’s rather amazing to consider that out of sounds meant to make you dance or cry, mostly written on guitars by kids, so…
Actve Captve and Luma Fade Reviewed
January 15, 2025
Actve Captve – The Idiot Crows
Who did you vote for this election season? What issue were you supporting passionately? It doesn’t matter. Two things are most likely to have happened to you. There was likely an election where you live and all the propaganda…