Review: TRVSS – “Instant Drugs”
The ascendant noise-rock trio TRVSS has a potent little drug ditty percolating that’s about to harsh your mellow. Titled (yes,…
Review: Stuck – “Change Is Bad”
Holy mother of fuck, how did this one slip below the radar? Born Yesterday Records released the Chicago quartet Stuck’s…
Review: Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams – “Aporia”
Lowell Brams has been part of singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens life since Stevens was barely out of toddlerhood. Brams – the…
Review: Murder for Girls – “Done In The Dark”
When I reviewed Murder for Girls’ last LP, All The Pretty Stars, for the SWPA-based zine Punksburgh back in 2017,…
Review: Gaelynn Lea – “Rebuild”
Man, Gaelynn Lea knows how to wring the sentimentality out of an Electro Harmonix. The Duluth, Minnesota-bred composer/songwriter, who won…
Review: MELK – S/T
It’s really easy to drink the Spencer Kilpatrick Kool-Aid. The Reno-based singer-songwriter has an amazing, even intoxicating handle on pitch-perfect…
Review: Phavors – "Petals"
It’s real tough to find inspiration in central New Jersey. I can vouch – I spent the bulk of my…
Review: Le Petite Mort – "Disco"
The name of the song is “A Piano In The Basement” and, though it closes the 13-track record, it’s the…
Review: House & Hawk – "Pure Emotion" EP
I still harbor conflicted emotions about Mick Jagger Solo Album, the A-for-effort 2016 LP of synthetic pop from House &…
Review: Rob Ford Explorer – "Buh Bye"
The reference points behind Rob Ford Explorer’s name ain’t aging that well. Yes yes, Ford in its capitalist wisdom has…
Review: Adam Fitz – "Can't Pardon Me"
There might be no better way to end 2019, this dog-eared novella of a year, and start the wondrous new…