Deafheaven: Ordinary Corrupt Human Love | What Is Love Without Corruption?
I don't think Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is the beginning of the end for Deafheaven, but it might end up being the beginning of a change.
Album Reviews
Take My Word For It | Cheval Sombre – Had Enough Blues/Hitch A Ride 7″
Despite being only a 7" with two songs, Cheval Sombre has dropped one of the best releases of the year and you're gonna have to take my word for it.
Okie from Muskogee: Recorded “Live” in Muskogee, OK by Merle Haggard | A Critique of Willful Misinterpretation
“Okie from Muskogee: Recorded ‘Live’ in Muskogee, OK” is a superb and insightful book, one that rejected easy classification, like its subject Merle Haggard.
MANIAC: Dead Dance Club | The Joys of No-Frills Rock Music
So, when Dead Dance Club by MANIAC hit my ears, I was instantly transported back to the front seat of my 1997 Toyota Corolla.
Nine Inch Nails: Violent Witch Event | A Review of the EP Trilogy | 2016-2018
An overall look at Nine Inch Nails from 2016 to 2018 and a review of the EP Trilogy: Not the Actual Events, Add Violence, and Bad Witch (the album).
Country-Fried Dead | Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Volume 26
A combo from two shows in fall 1971, Dave's Picks Vol. 26 shows the Grateful Dead in their stripped-down, country rock period.
Wild Moccasins: Look Together | Breaking Up Sucks, but the Music is Great
when I heard that the new release from Wild Moccasins, Look Together was rooted in the breakup between its two principal members I was worried.
YOB: At Our Raw(est) Heart
Interview with YOB bass player, Aaron Reiseberg on the making of YOB's new album Our Raw Heart and a review of this amazing album.
GAS: Rausch | Music Discovery as a Force for Good
GAS' new album, Rausch is a master class in projecting measured nuance with the capacity to amaze if you peek beneath the surface.
Nas: Nasir | A Musical Crime Perpetrated by A Once Great Artist
On “Adam and Eve,” Nas says, “I’m good at existing,” and that’s exactly what he’s doing with this batch of Kanye produced songs known as Nasir. Just existing.