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Category: album reviews

album reviews/Commentary

Cabbage’s “Nihilistic Glamour Shots” – A review

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Noah Fence

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...

album reviews/Featured

Des Demonas – Reviewed by Noah Fence

Posted on February 18, 2018 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...

album reviews/Featured/Music/Stories

Just Add Air: A Short Story of My Instant Love of Moon Safari

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Mr. Scott

*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.  ...

album reviews/Featured/Music

GROUNDISLAVA II: 8-BIT MEMORIES AND THE SOUNDS IN BETWEEN

Posted on December 20, 2017 by DJ Delta

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 ...

album reviews/Commentary/History/Misc/Stories

Music and Memory: The Return of The Clientele

Posted on November 8, 2017 by DJ Mr. Mom

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...

album reviews

An Appreciation of Guitars Tuned to Air Conditioners

Posted on November 2, 2017 by dj brzy

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 ...

album reviews

The Dream Syndicate “How Did I Find Myself Here”

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Noah Fence

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...

album reviews

A Certain Smile – Fits & Starts album review

Posted on August 23, 2017 by dessicant

Portland’s A Certain Smile create a timeless dream pop/shoegaze/jangle rock masterpiece with Fits & Starts – and it’s their first album!!!

album reviews/Featured

The Rain Parade – Emergency Third Rail Power Trip

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Noah Fence

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...

album reviews/Music

Doom Party: Hell – Hell Review

Posted on August 11, 2017 by dessicant

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