By Matthew Lawhead Sometimes it can be easy to get too hung up on “originality” when listening to new music. When something fails to grab your attention, it is all too simple to write...
By John Wright Rock is a young person’s game. Jumping around on stage with guitars and tight pants is a young person’s game. Being brash and controversial, but still somehow charismatic and charming is...
By John Wright I would like to pose a question: in music, how simple is too simple? We often praise simplicity in art: a simple story told well is seen as mature, plots with...
By Meghan Zonno The first song I heard by Badflower, the rock band from LA, was “Heroin.” That song, and those following it, led me to believe that Badflower was a band who had...
By Spencer Smith Will Wiesenfeld of Baths returns with another release under his Geotic moniker, a vehicle for his more passive and easy-listening releases. Traversa is no different: its pretty, inoffensive production is unfaltering...
By Matthew Lawhead On every album there are the stronger songs and the weaker ones. Even my all-time favorite albums have either one or two songs that are comparative duds or masterpieces. I could...
By Spencer Smith On Like a Baby, Jerry Paper is as goofy and sardonic as ever, yet ever poised and hyper-focused on crafting his brand of mockingly digestible pop. Paper, also known as the...
Review by Derek Adams Score: 8/10 Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is the fourth LP by the blackgaze band Deafheaven. The band came into the spotlight with their 2013 release Sunbather, which received praise from...
1. Panda Bear Buoys
2. Swervedriver Future Ruins
3. Seth Rosenbloom Keep On Turning
4. Angela Autumn Rascal
5. Deerhunter Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
6. Stone Throwers Our [EP]
7. Req Tape Transport: 1994-2000
8. Rev. Ezra And The Lone Pines Some Folks
9. Cherry Glazerr Stuffed & Ready
10. Mike Krol Power Chords
