Jonny Corralitos and Nicolai Dunger Reviewed
May 22, 2025
Jonny Corralitos – Over Before It’s Begun
Hippies, typically, are good people whose music cannot be trusted. Sure, everything that they do wills the Universe towards wonderful things. Yes, hippie music is filled with all sorts of positive vibes. But, for the…
Naked Brunch and Jake Schaefer Reviewed
May 20, 2025
Naked Brunch – Come Clean
It’s not enough to be good anymore. Think of becoming a professional athlete! You’ve got a better chance of becoming an astronaut instead, and nobody’s landed on the moon for a long time. Are you nurturing an idea about going into…
Who doesn’t like a bit of chaos? And who doesn’t walk away feeling disappointed when this important ingredient is not added to a live rock show? With so many bands focused so much on achieving sonic perfection, it looks like the days of glorious mistakes and happy…
Dreamwave and Sonic Transistor Reviewed
May 7, 2025
Dreamwave – Dragging The Rain Down
I don’t feel bad for not being able to remember people’s names anymore. Sure, that doesn’t reflect well on me and might not put my mnemonic skills into too great a light. But who remembers anything anymore, unless they can…
The Last Gray Wolf – Kentucky Telephone
I’d like to think that when things get really bad, I’ll be able to have a sense of humour about it all. Someone will ask how I’m doing, and I’d just shrug, smile, and in this way let them know that it’s not all so…
Mushroom Pudding and Los Potholes Reviewed
May 4, 2025
Mushroom Pudding – Candle
I used to take great comfort in the fact that rock musicians were nothing like regular people. They didn’t wear the same clothes as all of us. They didn’t speak in the same way or have the same dull activities. And because of all of…
the IV and partygirl Reviewed
April 27, 2025
the IV – Eastern Promise
History was supposed to stop back in the late 1980s. The good guys, they were telling us, had won. They were never going to allow success to slip away from their fingers again. And, everyone, no matter how far away from the heroes of the…
Secret Monkey Weekend and Hbiba Reviewed
April 27, 2025
Secret Monkey Weekend – So Much Joy
If there’s one thing in this world that doesn’t need saving, it’s pop music. Maybe that’s because, unlike other art forms, pop really doesn’t require a user’s manual, profound explanations, or history lessons in order…
Frankie and the Witch Fingers and WACK Reviewed
April 26, 2025
Frankie and the Witch Fingers – Total Reset
The collective fascination with AI, documented so widely over the past couple of years, may just say more about us than about the technology itself. One fact is that chatbots, no matter what billionaire has shoved money…