Album & Single Reviews

5+ hour, 36+ min ago   (215+ words) LISTEN: Dead Horse’s “Funny Farm” Expresses the Band’s Unfaltering Sense of the Absurd Glide Magazine LISTEN: Dead Horse’s “Funny Farm” Expresses the Band’s Unfaltering Sense of the Absurd Made up of Kevin Lennon on vocals, sax, and bass; Josh Kemp…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago   (68+ words) Tinnitist This came out in 2001 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing): Supposedly, New Zealand has more sheep than people. Similarly, I have now come to the…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago   (308+ words) Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" is a country reworking of J-Kwon's hip-hop hit "Tipsy," with the setting changed from a club to a dive bar. John Fogerty was not born on the bayou - he's from Berkeley, California. He got the…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (278+ words) This being said, I would describe Soul Commercial’s album as more closely related to our friends who make alternative rap music. I would describe this album as attempting to fit into the current era of rap, while mostly centering melodies…...

9+ hour ago   (163+ words) UK-based indie artist Iona Luke returns to us with “From Dust,” the title track from her new EP. If we’ve learned anything about Iona Luke over the past several months, it’s that her songwriting veers quite deeply into an existential…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago   (283+ words) Illustrate Magazine Swing That Hammer by Aaron Thomas Thompson: Review Aaron Thompson’s “Swing That Hammer” turns a civic message into something far more inviting than a political lecture. The Sacramento songwriter and multi-instrumentalist builds the track around a simple idea,…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago   (169+ words) Following a six-year recording hiatus, the Post-Rock band Caspian is returning with their sixth album, Caspian, out Oct. 16, 2026, via Wax Bodega. The song and video for “Remain” have also been released, a nine-minute piece focused on “tension and release.” The…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (305+ words) Estrada Music Project turns confinement into something strangely hypnotic with “Looking Out the Window,” the first glimpse of an upcoming full-length album. Written during a period of medical isolation, the song lingers in the peculiar headspace of having nowhere to…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1972+ words) There's a scene in the new NOFX documentary, 40 Years of Fuckin' Up, where Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett—wearing a blue, Wilma Flintstone-esque dress, giant pearls, and white go-go boots—says, "My band thinks I have a drug problem." "Ponderous, Cacophonous,…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (246+ words) "There's always some form of power dynamic in really unhealthy relationships. Women are taught from a young age that if a man doesn't fear losing you, that he doesn't love you. Men are taught to be nonchalant and not care…...