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Brandon’s Top Albums of 2025 | A Semblance of Community
2025 has been a trying year for all of us. We’ve collectively watched our country rocket itself towards...
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Coop’s Top 25 Albums of 2025 | The Light In A Dark Year
2025. This year, man. I know we’re here to discuss (or debate) the top 25 albums of 2025,...
Acid Bath at The Salt Shed | A Long-Awaited Moment
As Chicago’s signature, winter temps dropped, metalheads marched in full force to The Salt Shed. It was a...
Dane Jackson’s Top 25 Albums of 2025 | It’s Been A Pretty Good Year
A few months ago, I hit my breaking point. It felt like nothing was going right for my...
APN’s Top 25 Albums of 2025 | Making Musical Lemonade Out of a Lemon Year
This year sucked. Hard. Just several layers of not good on multiple levels. But you aren’t here to...
Worst Songs of 2025 | Cashing In Crashing Out
Man, what happened? No, really. What. Happened? 2024 not only saw the music industry explode with some stellar...
FRANKENSTEIN (2025) – A MONSTROUS REVELATION
After the exceptional and visually disturbing Pinocchio (2022), Guillermo del Toro brings us another creation myth, Frankenstein. If...
The Joy of Making Christmas Music – An Interview with Ronnie Martin
Christmas music fills a very curious place in the Western musical tradition. Originally, it was created as sacred...
The Beths and The Risk of Gifting Music
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If you’re near my age of 41, you may recall compiling mixed tapes and giving them to your...
Kreeps – Cheers From The Afterlife | Beyond Grief and Redemption
For years, Kreeps has thrived in that hazy limbo between kitsch and the crypt. It’s not unlike the...