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A Deer A Horse and Omsk Reviewed
September 25, 2024
A Deer A Horse – Committed
If you’re reading reviews of the pop records made by the world’s trendiest stars, you’ll notice debates about what is in and what is out. They’ll be talking about the pop stars who are moving forward and about those who have lost…
Storm Boy and Blackest Heart Reviewed
September 9, 2024
Blackest Heart – Kick Me
Movie studios and record companies know that the more they sell their product to us, the less likely it’ll be to trick us. And they hate that. The truth is that if you’ve seen, even casually, hundreds of movies, it’s quite likely that…
Xay Cole and Grave Waves Reviewed
September 1, 2024
Xay Cole – Young Money
Music evolves. Sure. But, that’s something for people who’ve spent a lot of years in school getting a diploma in philosophy or musicology to consider. The rest of us don’t necessarily always see a benefit in this.
It’s true…
All Waffle Trick and Christmas Reviewed
August 19, 2024
All Waffle Trick – Taking the Long Way
Growing up in a phase in which you invested a great amount of energy as a young person isn’t entirely absurd. If you’re not fast enough or don’t have anything good enough going, you may end up like one of the fat guys…
Taylor Crawford and Tucana Reviewed
August 15, 2024
Taylor Crawford – Hontou (Really?)
Globalisation can be a pretty wonderful thing. Just don’t tell them convinced that it’s always been their fate to receive free squats, or the hipsters determined to convince you that the cultural integrity of cheap, foreign…
SLACK and The Scoffs Reviewed
July 25, 2024
SLACK – Murder In This Town
Alternative rock bands of the early 1990s managed to sell millions of records, had videos shown non-stop on television, and became world-famous performers. What were they doing a few years before their ship came in? Washing dishes…
Three of Swords and The Underbites Reviewed
July 5, 2024
Three of Swords – The Best of Me
The careers of most musicians follow a similar arc. It may make you sad or may leave you indifferent. That won’t change anything.
The fact is that, regardless of how much success a band or musician reaches at the peak of…
LJ Sleeze - Dead or Alive
July 5, 2024
Once in a while, a band comes along and marries exceptional playing technique with heady concepts to create works that only a special few can understand and appreciate.
That is not the story LJ Sleeze, a man dedicated to making rock n’ roll dangerously stupid and…
Radio Riot and Yearning for Distortion Reviewed
June 21, 2024
Radio Riot – Go Jimmie
If you’re fully grown, you’re unlikely to become a pro athlete or a certified priest. You should have started earlier on your dreams, I guess. And, to be truthful, even then, it’s likely they wouldn’t have come true. All the kids want…