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Sugar Horse and Corpus Delicti Reviewed
December 1, 2025
Sugar Horse – Would You Like Me To Be The Cat?
Whoever gets to stage the Apocalypse will surely develop a massive ego problem once the whole pageant is over. Just think about all the fire and brimstone, and most importantly, all the people standing around watching…
Charm Bracelet and Mister Zach Reviewed
November 25, 2025
Charm Bracelet – Your Ad Here!
Making the entertainment of strangers your hobby or profession must, to most people, feel like an insane thing, especially in this day and age. How dare you stop people who are busy on their way to work or the supermarket to ask them…
Larmes Noires and Kouskous Heaven Reviewed
November 18, 2025
Larmes Noires – Cache-cache
For all the talk of alternative music belonging to everybody, for all the praise that communities of music fans receive for welcoming everybody, there’s usually a very strict dress code involved. You’re more likely to crash a New York…
Rico Mindy and Darko's Aufhebung Reviewed
November 13, 2025
Rico Mindy – Gold Rush
Where do you go in your mind when you really need to escape reality, or is that just a skill that you’ve never been quite able to acquire? And, perhaps, even more importantly, where do your favourite songs help you go to in your…
Silver Liz and Cotton Caves Reviewed
October 13, 2025
Silver Liz – Dream More Vivid
As we speak, about a million musicians are writing Reddit posts detailing all of the ways in which they feel sorry for themselves, and angry at the world that’s spurned them. Keep it up, and you can add metal guitarists to the list of…
Violet UltraRay and Scoobert Doobert Reviewed
September 25, 2025
Violet UltraRay – ride
Just as the most beautiful places in the world are this way because they contrast with the rest of what’s around them, some of the greatest songs work by providing you with great hooks and threatening to take them away.
If you want…
Velvet Sun and Lenox Hills Reviewed
August 28, 2025
Velvet Sun – Empire
For the most part, rock’ n’ roll is an exercise in populism. It’s a game in “I not them,” and in “are you in, or are you out?” It only works if great groups of people congregate to praise it. Just like the political rallies or…
Quaking Aspens and Honey Daze Reviewed
August 8, 2025
Quaking Aspens – Flume
The spells are no longer being used, or there are too few who know how they go. Most of modern entertainment is either too short, demanding that you pay for additional tickets to endless sequels, or needlessly long, taking three hours before…
DÜÜL SUNS and Terror Forms Reviewed
July 31, 2025
DÜÜL SUNS – Serpentine
Rock music, much like any other form, needs to do either one of two things – either make you glad of the circumstances in which you find yourself, or make you want to travel far away and try your luck again. Both are valid strategies…