Always Grounded and The Junior Varsity Reviewed
January 22, 2025
Always Grounded – Midnight Drive
Everything is fair in love, war and pop music of any variety. The latter, by far, includes some of the worst crimes. But you’re unlikely to hear about them when the pop star is out doing a promotional tour and trying to entertain…
The Taxpayers and Doctor Steevo Reviewed
January 22, 2025
The Taxpayers – Evil Everywhere
“Bastards!” That’s the way that fabulous folk-punk turned pop-rock bands The Taxpayers have been portraying themselves since their earliest recordings. But there are types and types of bastards. There are those who smoke a…
Love Ghost x Skold - "Love Ghost x Skold" Album Reviewed
November 21, 2024
Remember the golden age of rock music? Sure, it used to be a time when rock stars would sail their chocolate-colored Rolls Royces into hotel swimming pools and where record labels offered their favorite musicians anything they wanted. But it was also a time, for the most…
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…
SUKH - “Heading East” Review
October 3, 2024
Most songwriters have topics that they avoid talking about. Some do it strategically, as they don’t see any great commercial payoff. Yet, others do it because they don’t know enough about the matter to give their opinion. One of the least tackled issues in pop-rock music…
From Prog-Rock to Pop, Counting Down The 22 Best Songs by Genesis
September 29, 2024
Genesis’ story is one of incredible artistic and commercial ambition, usually not simultaneously. The band began as a highly innovative and risk-taking progressive rock group before fashioning itself into a pop juggernaut. They made great songs along the way, from the…
SYNNX - "Atlas of Heart" Review
September 26, 2024
Remember the stories of rock stars giving up on material possessions and following a guru to India or going to find solace in the desert? Remember musicians taking years to compose their magnum opus and annoying everyone at their record label? Who cares whether those stories…
Tennessee Frisky and Idaho Green Reviewed
September 25, 2024
Tennessee Frisky – Monsanto
I’m not sure if you’ve been reading any other reviews lately, buying glossy magazines or checking out the evening news. If you are part of that shrinking demographic, you may have been lost in the sway of it all. It’s likely you…
Lisa Crawley and GeorgeAlley Reviewed
July 29, 2024
Lisa Crawley – Hey You
To be honest, record label people have never known what to look out for. The only thing that they know is that they’re completely lost and about to lose their jobs once somebody finds out.
Because of this, and because of the way…