Albums
Bootblacks – Thin Skies
7/10 What’s in a name? Sometimes you can determine what kind of band you’re about to listen to just by their name alone. You know you aren’t going to get easy listening when you pop […]
Month: January 2021
Features
All ‘90s Kids Have Shitty Taste in Music but It’s Not Our Fault
I loved being a kid in the ‘90s. It’s morphin’ time, am I right? Cowabunga! A Will Smith quote, probably. I have fond memories of going rollerblading without pads or a helmet. Of going to […]
Albums
Rearviewmirror: Remembering the 90s – Sublime – 40oz. To Freedom
90s score: 10/10 2021 score: 10/10 Here are the four musical eureka moments of my existence that have directly contributed to the person I am today and the person I’ll always want to be: “Black […]
Albums
Green Straw Machine – Ultimate Threshold
6/10 Straight from the dark, icy shores of the Gulf of Bothnia, behold an epic collection of anthemic, riff-driven hard rock from Oulu, Finland newcomers Green Straw Machine! Their debut full-length album Ultimate Threshold, released […]
Albums
Harlott – Detritus of the Final Age
8.3/10 I spent some time this summer reading Rick Springfield’s Autobiography “Late, Late At Night” and have been stricken with a strange pull from a lot of Australian artists since then. What I’ve learned from […]
Albums
Kataklysm – Unconquered
7/10 Oh how hearing a local band makes my heart fly. God damn it, it’s been almost a year since I’ve seen any live music at all, and no, online events don’t count. Basically, every […]
Features
Recorded Music Is Only Enjoyable Thanks To Music Producers
What’s that you say? The producer ultimately has a bigger impact on a record’s listenability than the artist in question? Well, you’re dead on the nose with that one, dear reader. Seriously though, is it […]
Albums
Rearviewmirror: Remembering the 90s – Jay-Z – Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter
90s score: 8/10 2021 score: 6/10 It seems only appropriate that the very last major studio album released in the 1990s was a rap album. Rap exploded in popularity during the late ’80s and early […]
Albums
Lewis and the Strange Magics – The Gloomy Corner
7/10 Hailing from the romantic city of Barcelona, Lewis and the Strange Magics are a self-described “heavy-psych” rock band set on delivering trippy grooves and ethereal soundscapes. The band’s main contributions seem to come from […]
News
What are we listening to? On Davide’s Radio
As the days grow darker and shorter, I can’t help but find myself listening to more and more “moody” music, if you will. This is especially amplified by vaporwave extraordinaire Blank Banshee releasing a surprise […]