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LOVIET – A Conversation at Riot Fest
Some artists write songs like diary entries. They fill journal after journal with personal, raw emotion, and then...
Rock & Roll
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...
PILE – Sunshine and Balance Beams | Well-Deserved Noise
Between nine albums and almost twenty years, Pile should by all rights be exhausted. They should be touring...
No Joy – Bugland | Compact, Alien, and Alive
An album called Bugland with a snail on the cover is the kind of sly misdirection that feels...
Pygmy Lush – TOTEM | The Transformation of Noise
“After nearly a decade shelved, TOTEM by Pygmy Lush finally sees daylight.” Doesn’t that read like a classic...
Pretty Bitter – Pleaser | The Power of Heartfelt Music
One of the highest compliments I can give a piece of music is playing an air instrument. I’ve...
Ozzy Osbourne 1948 – 2025 | Heavy Metal’s Prince of Darkness
If you grew up loving loud guitars and ever picked one up yourself, odds are Black Sabbath’s “Iron...