Cabbage’s “Nihilistic Glamour Shots” – A review
I’m settling back into a chair, headphones on, a cup of rapidly cooling tea beside me, preparing to listen to Nihilistic Glamour Shots, the debut album by...
Category: album reviews
Des Demonas – Reviewed by Noah Fence
The self titled debut album by Des Demonas grabs you by the ears and spins you round. It pleases on every level. Instantly familiar, but new at the same time. I...
Just Add Air: A Short Story of My Instant Love of Moon Safari
*Disclaimer: These are the words of someone deeply in love with an album. All hyperbole and analogy must be accepted as factual and taken as universal gospel. ...
GROUNDISLAVA II: 8-BIT MEMORIES AND THE SOUNDS IN BETWEEN
It’s hard to say what makes some songs feel nostalgic even though you’ve never heard them before. Maybe it’s the quality of the tones you hear, or the familiar ...
Music and Memory: The Return of The Clientele
Where does music end and memory begin? Some of my earliest recollections exist solely because of the music that accompanied my experience. I have vivid memories...
An Appreciation of Guitars Tuned to Air Conditioners
Amidst the usual flurry of new releases, reissues, record store bin surprises, and mixcloud and bandcamp streams, one record has returned to my turntable again ...
The Dream Syndicate “How Did I Find Myself Here”
Fresh off a tour that saw the reunited band playing a set of songs focused on their first two records, “The Days Of Wine & Roses” & “Medicine Show”, The...
A Certain Smile – Fits & Starts album review
Portland’s A Certain Smile create a timeless dream pop/shoegaze/jangle rock masterpiece with Fits & Starts – and it’s their first album!!!
The Rain Parade – Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
Originally released in 1983, “Emergency Third Rail Power Trip” by The Rain Parade is as near perfect an album I have encountered. To my ears in thos...