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, I cited as the group’s forebears and immediate influences Babes…
ALBUM REVIEW: SHELBY LYNNE, S/T
Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne has released her self-titled album via Thirty Tigers. Critics and fans alike have praised the powerful release which finds the celebrated artist at her most…
MOVIE REVIEW: “Other Music”
Other Music is the eponymously-titled story of the New York City record store which existed between 1996 and 2016. Located on West 4th Street in Greenwich Village, right across the…
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 the NPR Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, enchants listeners with…
New Breidablik Ambient Album, Omicron, Explored
If you follow ambient music like the kind composed by Tangerine Dream, then you spend a fair amount of time checking out any good ambient artists for their contributions to…
Review: Paul Melançon, “The Get Gos Action Hour”
It looks like candy, but the new Paul Melançon goes far deeper than you'd expect.
Review: Green Day, “Father of All Motherf*****s”
Did the boys just do the most punk thing by delivering their least punk album?
Review: Peel Dream Magazine – “Agitprop Alterna”
Peel Dream Magazine is the moniker Joe Stevens gives his musical creations, with the latest collection titled Agitprop Alterna. Stevens is somewhat a one-man-band, contributing guitars, organ, synth, drones and…
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 period strut – in most cases, Stax-infused soul – and…
Vinyl Review: Shine – Joni Mitchell
The resurgence of vinyl has several roots. One of them was simply people wanting back to the “old skool” method of listening to music. They believed in a “warmer” sound”.…
Review: Phavors – "Petals"
It’s real tough to find inspiration in central New Jersey. I can vouch – I spent the bulk of my youth in suburban Monmouth County and attest to the overall…
Album Review: The God-Shaped Void by Psychotic Waltz
90’s grunge elements permeate the song set, with some more doom-y Black Sabbath inspirations accenting via Iommi-esque acoustic fluff and Ozzy Osbourne inflected vocals that spew vague menaces wrapped in…