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Guided By Voices - "Universe Room" | Album Review

Guided By Voices - "Universe Room" | Album Review

The point is that Universe Room has something for any GBV fan. It shows that the band is exactly where they want to be: not repeating themselves but never losing touch with what makes them Guided by Voices. This is a band that does its own thing on its own terms, never caring what anyone else is doing, and Universe Room is the perfect showcase of that.

Prostitute - "Attempted Martyr" | Album Review

Prostitute - "Attempted Martyr" | Album Review

Prostitute rage, screech, and tear through track after track of industrial indebted noise rock with not just ferocity but also exasperation. Each hit of the drums and slash of the guitar sounds as if it’s the band's last. Even as the album ends, the band desperately ask the listener to see the horrors before them through the raw desperation bleeding out of each note they play.

Freckle - "Freckle" | Album Review

Freckle - "Freckle" | Album Review

For Freckle—the new collaborative project between garage rock pioneer Ty Segall and Color Green guitarist Corey Madden—their self-titled debut is a means for experimentation while embracing their musical roots. Freckle is playful, coated with a lively texture of traditional rock melodies and bohemian percussion—a meeting place where both Segall’s recent instrumental endeavors and Madden’s breezy psych-folk are generously kissed by the Californian sun.

Slint - "Tweez (35th Anniversary Edition)" | Album Review

Slint - "Tweez (35th Anniversary Edition)" | Album Review

Tweez goes in numerous directions: at times serious, at times ridiculous, and at times incoherent. In his liner notes, Ethan Buckler aptly summarizes, “But what was Slint? Half hardcore and half something else.” The hardcore keeps you listening while the something else leaves you wanting more.

Red Ribbon - "Red Ribbon" | Album Review

Red Ribbon - "Red Ribbon" | Album Review

Red Ribbon is an extremely personal album that lacks reluctance with expressing the undertones of the complex feelings within dark romance, sex, and self liberation. Ambient keys, seductive vocals, and jazzy notes surround and compliment Emma’s sharp words expressing the permanence of her actions provoked by heartbreak and a slow escape from delirium. 

Bursting - "Bursting EP" | Album Review

Bursting - "Bursting EP" | Album Review

The first thing you need to know about Chicago’s Bursting is that they are a supergroup. With members of Stress Positions, Thou, C.H.E.W., and Coliseum (among others), it’s safe to say Bursting, on paper, rip. The second thing you need to know about Bursting is you need to see them live, in real life, so quit reading this review.

Motherhood - "Thunder Perfect Mind" | Album Review

Motherhood - "Thunder Perfect Mind" | Album Review

Thunder Perfect Mind is a loose concept album narrating the sudden abduction of an unsuspecting pedestrian by a dark, expanding cloud. A lesser band would use this conceit as mere metaphor, but Motherhood is fully committed to the bit, creating a lyrical and sonic soundscape that feels as disorienting and exhilarating as a genuine alien encounter.