LAPêCHE – Autotelic | The Right Kind of ’90s Revivalism
At this point in my music reviewing career, the ‘90s revival has been going on longer than the...
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Kula Shaker – WORMSLAYER | The Return of Brit-Pop Mysticism
Named after a 9th-century Indian saint and poet-king, Kula Shaker has always operated on a different frequency than...
Stranger Things | The Soundtrack of Life and the Upside Down
A certain kind of moral panic bubbles up every time a piece of pop culture accidentally does something...
The Showcase – November 2025
I listen to a lot of music. No, really. If I’m not catching up on what my dudes...
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....
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...
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...
HAIM – I Quit | Exploring New Avenues
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To be transparent, I’m a fan of HAIM, albeit a late-arriving one. I heard “Summer Girl” during the...
Smut – Tomorrow Comes Crashing | Accessible Artistic Authenticity
I wanted to be in a rock band so badly during my college years. It would have been...
Jolie Laide – Creatures | A Study in Intentional Creativity
The trick to making excellent art that effortlessly crosses genres? Ample amounts of talent and heaps of self-awareness....