Fust - "Big Ugly" | Album Review
The Unfit - "Disconnected LP” | Album Review
The Unfit are not here to play games. The PNW quartet have a knack for punching the listener in the face with blaring guitars, pounding kick drums, and vocalist Jake Knuth’s full, spitting ferocity. Disconnected is their first full-length release, a collection of early EPs spanning from 2020 to present.
Television Personalities - "Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out: The Radio Sessions 1980-1993" | Album Review
This Television Personalities collection of radio performances has a handful of wonderful and deranged nuggets that show the gifts Treacy and the band possessed even through their roughest personal and professional moments. Television Personalities were a band that should have been more recognized for their impact as their colorful songs laid the foundations for many more recognizable successors.
Queen Serene - "2" | Album Review
Miners - "A Healthy Future On Earth" | Album Review
Morpho - "Morpho Season" | Album Review
Naked Roommate - "Pass The Loofah" | Album Review
Being Dead - "EELS" | Album Review
Jamison Field Murphy - "It Has To End" | Album Review
Being Dead Discuss Soft Pretzels, Gummy Bears, and Their New Album, EELS | Feature Interview
Merce Lemon - "Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild" | Album Review
Fantasy of a Broken Heart - "Feats of Engineering" | Album Review
MJ Lenderman - "Manning Fireworks" | Album Review
Slippers - "So You Like Slippers?" | Album Review
Girly Pants - "Nurture" | Album Review
Nurture is the debut from Chicago’s Girly Pants, a release mixed with a sweetness and ear for melodies, full of heart tugging lyrics about the intricacies of relationships and growing up. Sabreen Alfadel is unafraid to get loud, pairing entertaining guitar riffs along with jazzy shuffles that are full of vitality and a stately cool in the atmosphere.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Robber Robber - "Wild Guess"
Robber Robber have truly found their footing in pulsating shards of post-punk noise with an impressive grasp of melody and intoxicating loose grooves. The group manage to stay grounded with a furious punk foundation while mixing in unique song structures and the knack for combining sharp tones and playful exchanges.
Gabriel Birnbaum - "Patron Saint of Tireless Losers" | Album Review
Gabriel Birnbaum's second "true" solo album, Patron Saint of Tireless Losers, finds him looking inside himself. He mines melodies of early California psych and singer-songwriter observations, combining spiky rock with gentle examinations on purpose and connection. His songwriting is a unique strength, trawling the depth of human nature.
Shellac - "To All Trains" | Album Review
Babehoven - "Water's Here In You" | Album Review
Maya Bon has shown herself to be adept at heart-wrenching emotions and expressing the hidden beauty in daily life in a manner thats wholesomely gripping. With Water's Here in You, Babehoven have managed to push beyond guitar based folk songs, incorporating a denser atmosphere that moves through pain into contemplative peace.