“Room 25” by Noname – Review
By Dylan Falk Noname is a Chicago rapper who has been at the forefront of a wave of great MC’s from the city along with Chance the Rapper, Saba, Smino, Mick Jenkins, and many...
Category: CD Reviews
“On This Day Last Year” by Lay Low Moon – Review
By Matthew Lawhead Growing up in a small town in Southern Illinois, there was not all that much for teens to do. There were times that it could feel absolutely stifling, which was a...
“I’ve Tortured You Long Enough” by Mass Gothic – Review
Review by John Wright Score: 7/10 It’s always seemed, to me at least, that creating art in collaboration with someone you love must be a deeply exhausting experience. Working relationships, even for artists, need...
“Negro Swan” by Blood Orange – Review
Review by Spencer Smith Score: 9/10 In rank opposition to 2016’s percussive and funky Freetown Sound, Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange strips back for his most minimal project yet. Instrumentally it also places Hynes’...
“I’ll Sing” by Shannen Moser – Review
Review by Edie Fields Score: 8.5/10 When I first heard Shannen Moser open for Pinegrove nearly two years ago, I fell in love with her folky acoustic music accented with beautiful vocals and a...
“Dance on the Blacktop” by Nothing – Review
Review by Derek Adams Score: 6/10 Dance on the Blacktop is the third LP by the shoegaze band Nothing. Released only two years following their last LP, Nothing is proving to be a prolific...
“Let’s Go Sunshine” by The Kooks – Review
Review by Matthew Lawhead The Kooks debut album Inside In/Inside Out was the fifth best selling album of 2006 in England and spent one hundred weeks on the charts, peaking at number two behind...
“Head Cage” by Pig Destroyer – Review
Review by Alex Cohen Since 1997, Alexandria, Virginia based grindcore outfit Pig Destroyer has consistently put out some of the most noteworthy and violent music the metal genre has to offer. After 2012’s ferocious...
“The Fool and the Magician” by The Hills and the Rivers – Review
Review by Chet Rengers The other day I chanced upon seeing that WPTS had received an interesting album. It was made of brown cardboard with an even darker brown inked on the cover. The...
“One” by Homesafe – Review
Review by Bethany Brubeck The year 2018 has been full of amazing releases so far, that’s for sure. One more to add to the list is Homesafe’s One. Homesafe, a four-piece rock band based...
