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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…
figaro and Supermodel Reviewed
November 19, 2024
figaro – All I Know
For a few years now, music fans on the internet have had a new obsession with obscure 80s music. But it’s not just the songs that failed to reach the top of the charts that thrill them. It’s the songs that nobody knows anything about other…
Björk - "Homogenic" Reviewed and Revisited
November 19, 2024
Björk is not singularly responsible for creating Icelandophilia, an obsession with all things related to the tiny Nordic island. But, the artist’s sudden and colossal success, together with the otherworldliness of her music, certainly helped sell as many tourist…
Turtle Skull and Xkaii Reviewed
November 7, 2024
Turtle Skull – Apathy
The world’s retreating back into fantasy, and who can blame it? But it’s not any old fairy story that will do. Pop culture doesn’t have the habit of becoming fashionable unless it is really needed unless people really desire it to return.
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…
Foreign Air and Sam Himself Reviewed
October 28, 2024
Foreign Air – Save Us
The history of pop music is filled with beautiful, talented, attractive people signed to record labels and making music about sipping cocktails on the beach. That’s 99% of the music, and that’s 99% of the music that sucks. Sure, record…
Degler and New Driver Reviewed
October 27, 2024
Degler – Things Are Looking Up
Ordinary things shouldn’t happen to extraordinary people, or, at the very least, they ought to remember never to admit to those things. Artists, in particular, are a bunch who don’t thrive under regular circumstances. And, even if…
Flora Cash - “Behind Every Beautiful Thing” Review
October 23, 2024
When it comes to all great artists, the centre can never hold, things can’t stay the way that they were, and change is inevitable. When it comes to some musicians, this is terrible news. After all, rock stars are paid a lot of money to pretend that time has changed…
Shane Rennison and Mt. Misery Reviewed
October 23, 2024
Shane Rennison – Long Road
A pop song is a pop song is a pop song. But, sometimes, against the odds, pop songs happen to be good. Sometimes, they do what they’re supposed to – instantly change your mood and the way your brain cells interact with each…