Albums
Weigh The Anchor – Right at Home
6.5/10 A wise man named Murtaugh was once quoted as saying “I’m getting too old for this shit” which is one of the first things that came to my mind when listening to the upcoming […]
Year: 2020
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Dune Rats – Hurry Up and Wait
7/10 Australian garage band Dune Rats dawn the universe with their third full-length studio album, Hurry Up and Wait. With near perfect catchiness and comfortable flow, this relatively short and sweet album hit quite a […]
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The Great Lie – Defying Extinction EP
8/10 Long Island punk veterans The Great Lie have released a convincing EP that sounds more like a metal record. Out independently since April 18, 2020, Defying Extinction hits the sweet spot between brutality and […]
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Bonus Tracks can Frigg Right Off
I know I’m not alone in appreciating the very unsexy art of album sequencing. A properly placed album opener can serve as a statement for what the band or artist is hoping to achieve with […]
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Kanaan – Double Sun
6.5/10 If elevator music was good it would be the opening track for Double Sun, the latest album from Norwegion trio band Kanaan. After releasing the single “Of Raging Billows Breaking on the Ground” at […]
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while walking – while walking
7/10 On their self-titled debut, while walking claims that “we are all interdependent in this world and that music doesn’t need words.” Sure enough, anyone who has travelled or loved a piece of music in […]
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C-Styles – Eventually
6.5/10 C-Styles is a Chicago rapper here with his latest release Eventually. This fourteen-track album rides the line between pop rap and more lyrical factions of hip hop, kind of like if Lupe Fiasco just […]
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Rearviewmirror: Remembering the 90s – Sonic Youth – Goo
90s score: 8/102020 score: 10/10 Last week marked the 30th anniversary of Goo, the sixth studio album and major label debut by Sonic Youth. For the longest time, I had boxed in Sonic Youth with […]
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Stop Saying You Don’t Like The Beatles If You’ve Never Listened To Them
You remember when you were a kid and you didn’t like vegetables? I do. It took a trip to an msg- and sugar-filled serving of (Americanized) Chinese broccoli for me to even consider the idea […]
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The Atlantis Theorem – We Are All…
6.7/10 Oh hello mathcore, my old friend, it’s been quite some time since we’ve butted heads. I do very much love me some 2007-2009 mathcore and it was with great excitement that I began the […]