Such Tumult and Grace – “Vana Mundi” by Kleenex Girl Wonder
The key, y’see, is to concoct pop songs of a type no one’s ever heard before...
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LIGHTNING STRIKES – Quick But Essential Reviews for the Discerning Listener
CHRIS BUTLER – “Got It Together!” (Future Fossil Records) Last we heard from Mr Chris Butler,... -
Activate The Activist: Keith Morris And The Crooked Numbers’ Psychopaths and Sycophants
When I was fifteen I used to scour record stores in search of the music that... -
What Happens When the Cerebral Meets the Id Uptown – LITHICS’ “Mating Surfaces”
How can I write a review I’ve already written? I can’t. How can Lithics match, and... -
When the Needle’s Moved For You – Soft Kill’s “Savior”
Post-punk and the blues don’t often – OK, never – cross paths. Neither, despite some overlap... -
Poignant, Biting, Vulnerable, Resilient, and Tuneful as F*** – Jesse Ainslie’s Full-Length Debut “Only in the Dark”
Elemental. While at its essence, of course, that word applies to, well, everything, it would seem,... -
Straight To Elegance: Sarah Neutkens’ Cumulus
When I was nineteen I was constantly writing poems. It’s embarrassing to admit, but at the... -
Hope Possible, Redemption Obtainable – Great Lakes’ Sixth LP “Dreaming Too Close to the Edge”
Having finally shame-on-me discovered them when tasked with reviewing fifth album Wild Vision in 2016 (twenty... -
Maintaining the Yin-Yang Yung Wu Balance – Feelies Offshoot’s “Shore Leave” Reissued
Though backstory’s certainly important with a talent-freighted reissue like this, to overly expand upon it in... -
The Sound of Your Most Darkly Enchanted Summer Never Coming to an End – Death and the Maiden’s “Wisteria”
Surpassing yourselves on your second album, especially after your debut quietly blew people out of their...