Music
Review: Spacin’ – Total Freedom
Spacin’ = Sonny & The Sunsets + The Brian Jonestown Massacre + Foxygen
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Review: Palehound – Dry Food
Palehound = The Breeders + Violent Femmes … read more
Local Review: m.duby – Fireworks
m.duby = Childish Gambino + Radius + Mac Miller … read more
National Music Reviews March 2016
You’ve gotten lucky this March with these National Music Reviews! … read more
All Dogs Are All Set
Ohio-based pop punk band All Dogs have definitely found their way to making heart-on-their-sleeves music, and they’ve been blossoming steadily for the past few years. It isn’t just their charming brand of pop punk that’s attention-grabbing—it’s also the way in which they disarm with melancholy and emotionally bare lyrics that tip down into a sea of thrashing harmony. … read more
Local Review: My Private Island – Self-titled
My Private Island = Soundgarden x Nickelback / Radiohead … read more
Review: Destroyer 666 – Wildfire
Destroyer 666 = Bestial Mockery + Sodom + Denouncement Pyre … read more
27 Club Performer: Aaron Ray aka Sissy Riot
The first time that Nirvana resonated with me would have been some time in middle school when I was reading a back issue of Guitar World magazine of my oldest brothers. The person interviewing Kurt Cobain was hassling him a little about the couple of times he had worn dresses on and off stage, Kurt was having none of that and simply said “I’m not gay, but I wish I were gay, so I could tell all the homophobes to go to hell.” … read more
Review: Damien Jurado – Visions of Us on the Land
Damien Jurado = Magnolia Electric Co. + J. Tillman … read more
Shannon & the Clams: Shake Rattle & Roll
If curious fans are feeling impatient for a taste of the raw rock n’ roll sound that defines Shannon and the Clams, they can get a preview of what is sure to be a brilliant show by dropping the needle on the trio’s new record, Gone by the Dawn. It’s a perfect album that narrates the longing of heartache while still being something one can groove to. … read more
Review: Dalhous – The Composite Moods Collection Vol. 1: House...
Dalhous = Vatican Shadow + Ron Morelli + Gates … read more
Chairlift: Moth to a Flame
Instinct, as it were, is the heartbeat of Moth, Chairlift’s third—and possibly best—full-length album. Effervescently primal and visceral to the bone, the LP is a beacon of composition and compulsion, quenching an artistic thirst while parching the current climate. … read more
