Features
What Happened to the Live Album?
Well fuck me, I’m probably going to sound like a grumpy old man throughout this rant, the first half at least, longing for the days when bands would put almost as much effort into releasing […]
Articles by Lee Ferguson
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You Can Still Have a Meaningful Relationship with Music During COVID
Yep, life’s pretty fucking challenging right now. I’m not going to sit here and describe how life has taken a giant fucking shit on us as a society this year. It has been especially challenging […]
Albums
Ben Cardilli – The Great Indoors
8.3/10 Right on bud, finally, someone has delivered the comedy/music album about the pandemic we didn’t know we needed. Local boy/comedian/musician Ben Cardilli fucking brings it on this eleven-track debut entitled The Great Indoors (released […]
Albums
Montener the Menace – I Have a Hidden Hobby
8.8/10 Quite an anomaly this Montener the Menace; little to no social media presence and an album released in 2020 that was recorded twelve years ago! You heard right. Then again, there’s a lot about […]
Albums
Rearviewmirror: Remembering the 90s – Beck – Odelay
90s score: 8.5/10 Today’s score: 10/10 Beck, the master of reinvention. I decree that no artist rides the fence between reinvention and staying true to their sound as well as the perdedor himself. On 1996’s […]
Albums
The Fallout – The Times Have Never Changed
6.7/10 The Fallout (Toronto, ON) dropped their latest politically fuelled punk rock full length The Times Have Never Changed (released May 16th 2020) and fuck me, it’s an angry one. My fellow Bucketlist writer and […]
Albums
Scott Free – The Last Revolution
2.5/10 Eeee, okay, I see what you’re going for Scott Free: apocalyptic societal/quasi political banter, a message through music. Rage Against The Machine caught on big in the 90s pushing their political stance through a […]
Albums
Technicolor Hearts – Rebirth
6/10 I will always vibe with music that seems otherworldly. Maybe it stems from my severe childhood obsession with E.T, or perhaps it’s my incessant craving for information on David Bowie and his creative process; […]
Albums
Medusa – Boy of the Year
10/10 Where do I even start with this Russian doll of a quasi concept album from trans artist Medusa (Buffalo, NY) entitled Boy of the Year? There are countless entry points and angles to this […]
Albums
Paragon Cause – What We Started
9/10 I adore an album that feels retro while still hitting you like a breath of fresh air! And man do I ever need some fresh air right now, and a haircut, and more consistent […]