Year: 2017
Review: The Schizophonics – Ooga Booga
The Schizophonics = MC5 + The Black Lips + James Brown + Little Richard … read more
Review: The Mynabirds – Be Here Now
The Mynabirds = Tori Amos + Chrissie Hynde … read more
Review: The Jackets – Be Myself/Queen of the Pill
The Jackets = The Seeds + King Khan and the BBQ Show + The Satelliters … read more
Review: The Rippers – A Gut Feeling
The Rippers = The Satelliters + The JuJus + Bo Diddley + The Jackets … read more
Review: The National – Sleep Well Beast
The National = The Afghan Whigs + Morphine + Leonard Cohen … read more
Review: The Urban Renewal Project – 21st Century Ghost
The Urban Renewal Project = Gang Starr’s Jazzmamatazz – Guru + Digable Planets and Gloria Estefan … read more
Review: The Revox – Talk About Her / Sick Of You
The Revox = The Sevens + The Dynamites + The Rippers + The Monsters … read more
Review: The Flaming Lips – Oczy Mlody
Flaming Lips = Sun Ra + all weirdness since … read more
Review: The Feelies – In Between
The Feelies = The Velvet Underground + Yo La Tengo … read more
Review: The Flatliners – Inviting Light
The Flatliners = Hot Water Music + Alkaline Trio + mid-2000s Against Me! … read more
Review: The Devil’s In the Details – Saint Etienne’s “Home...
While not specifically a direct concept album like its two predecessors precisely—despite there being a recurring theme of suburbia and suburban life—Saint Etienne have taken some inspiration from their luminous back-catalog and reinvested it into their always stellar songcraft skills in “Home Counties.” … read more
Review: Surfer Blood – Snowdonia
Surfer Blood = The Shins + Weezer … read more
