Authors: Stakerized
Review: Neil Young – Storytone
Neil Young = Crazy Horse … read more
Review: Violent Femmes – Happy New Year EP
Violent Femmes = Camper Van Beethoven – Cracker + David Lowery … read more
Review: Brian Eno / Karl Hyde – High Life
Brian Eno has been hugely influential on several generations of musicians, starting in the ‘70s/’80s with bands as popular as U2 and Talking Heads, but also countless lesser known bands, and his influence was diffused since. … read more
Review: Dot Wiggin Band – Ready! Get! Go!
Without this kind of stuff by the original outsider band, you wonder if someone like Daniel Johnston would’ve been possible, and it’s fitting that this is on the label of Jello Biafra, who discovered Wesley Willis. … read more
Review: Moon Honey – Hand-Painted Dream Photographs
Baton Rouge, La. combo Moon Honey might lay to rest comparisons of that city with colorful New Orleans. Indie bands have dabbled with orchestral instruments before, but this product is psych rock with the theatricality of ’70s glam. … read more
Review: Superchunk – Come Pick Me Up
Superchunk = Hüsker Dü+ Sleater-Kinney – Bob Mould … read more
Review: Mecca Normal – Empathy For the Evil
Mecca Normal = Sleater Kinney + Beat Happening – Bikini Kill … read more
Review: Wendy Atkinson – The Last Fret
Wendy Atkinson = Jandek + Kim Deal – Geddy Lee … read more
Review: The Pop Group – We Are Time / Cabinet...
The Pop Group = Gang of Four + The Fall – Joy Division … read more
Local Review: Black Cum – Black Cum Is the Best...
With an album title like Black Cum Is the Best Band On the Planet, it’s not surprising that Black Cum talks about Black Cum repeatedly on the song titles and the songs themselves. … read more