Re-listening to Green Day’s oeuvre recently left me with the same sinking feeling that I’ve had re-listening to Muse and The Killers, a feeling that the bands which seemed so brilliant in my adolescence might not be all that. Green…
Album Review: that dog. – “Old LP”
One painful incident of media sexism is an article about this band that was cruelly headlined “That Dad”. The snide implication was that the members of that dog. had only made it to a recording booth thanks to the industry…
Album Review: Leonard Cohen – “Thanks for the Dance”
I was in the minority who believed that Leonard Cohen’s You Want it Darker was a stronger end-of-life album than David Bowie’s Blackstar in 2016, and I stand by that opinion now. Deep, dark, and strange, it sounded like it was recorded…
Album Review: Big Thief – “Two Hands”
Perhaps the most heroic feat of this album is that it’s the second universally acclaimed album from Big Thief this year. That might not have been much of a feat in the 60s, when Dylan, Stones and the Beatles released several outstanding…
Album Review: Sleater-Kinney – “The Center Won’t Hold”
Sleater-Kinney made a great album (Call the Doctor) before drummer Janet Weiss came on board and it’s likely that they could make several more, despite her announced departure in July. Yet losing one of their most undeniable assets just before…
Echosmith Releases Timbaland Remixed Collaboration With For King & Country “God Only Knows”
Indie-rock band Echosmith has dropped their Timbaland remixed “God Only Knows” collaboration with two-time Grammy winning duo For King & Country. The uplifting lyrics highlights the reassuring message that Echosmith ties into all of their music. Delicate vocals shine over…
Album Review: Meat Puppets – “Dusty Notes”
The most far-out of the classic 80s American hardcore punk bands (and that’s actually saying something – Minutemen and Hüsker Dü were no straight-ahead rockers), Meat Puppets became famous in a limited capacity thanks to three songs off their second album being…