by Cameron Carr | Jun 28, 2021 | Album Reviews
Lucy Dacus has never had quite the same explosive popularity as some of her peers who deal out similarly emotion-laden, heart-wrenching indie rock ballads (read: Phoebe Bridgers). But Dacus has her own measured approach to songwriting that creates rich lyrical...
by Cameron Carr | Jun 14, 2021 | Album Reviews
With debut full-length NON-FICTION, N0V3L lays out a studious tribute to classic post-punk rife with anti-capitalist aggravations. It’s delightfully gloomy and angular, spitting out twitchy dance tracks like a well-oiled machine. NON-FICTION proves itself more...
by Cameron Carr | Jun 8, 2021 | Industry News/Analysis
The music on Japanese Breakfast’s third album, Jubilee, practically glows out of the speakers. Luminous synths sway behind buoyant orchestral arrangements as Michelle Zauner lets her voice drip in joyous, dreamy echoes. It’s a triumphant statement after two critically...
by Cameron Carr | Jun 5, 2021 | Album Reviews
Palette Knife’s debut album, Ponderosa Snake House and the Chamber of Bullshit, is an exacting slice of 5th wave emo (is anyone really keeping count anymore?) inspired pop-punk. The Columbus, Ohio trio have clearly studied diligently and demonstrate that across 11...
by Cameron Carr | May 29, 2021 | Album Reviews
PACKS took root on Madeline Link’s downtime in-between work as a set dresser for commercials. That makes sense listening to the band’s debut album Take the Cake. Link’s songwriting takes an approach highly-focused on minutiae in one moment yet...
