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The Showcase – November 2025
I listen to a lot of music. No, really. If I’m not catching up on what my dudes...
Rock & Roll
Pixel Grip at The Metro | Percepticide In The Flesh
There’s a special kind of satisfaction that comes with watching a hometown show unfold in real time. I...
WICCANS – PHASE IV | The Unpredictable Future of Hardcore
For most bands, eight years between records would signal a slow death. For WICCANS, it’s almost a flex....
The Belair Lip Bombs – Again | Rock Music Lives, Thanks to Australia
While there are plenty of reasons behind its diminished cultural impact, rock music isn’t dead. It’s never died....
Camp Trash – Two Hundred Thousand Dollars | Growing Up Doesn’t Have to Mean Growing Old
I love it when a band grows up. I’m not necessarily talking about thematic maturation, though that probably...
LOVIET – A Conversation at Riot Fest
Some artists write songs like diary entries. They fill journal after journal with personal, raw emotion, and then...
RIOT FEST 2025 – Twenty Years of Change
Twenty years is a long time to keep anything alive. I think back to the 2005 version of...
DOOM GONG – MEGAGONG | Being The Trip
If you’ve been waiting for a psych record that doesn’t just meander through haze but actually moves with...
The Beths – Straight Line Was a Lie | No Real Journey Is Ever Simple
I like The Beths. I like The Beths a lot. When I wrote about their 2022 album, Expert...
Deftones – Private Music | A Legacy In Motion
There’s a delicious contradiction baked into the rollout of the Deftones’ latest album. Entitled private music, it wasn’t...