by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Mar 10, 2023 | Single Reviews
North Shore, Massachusetts emotive power pop outfit Cape Crush have set high expectations for their upcoming album with the release of the title track “San Souci,” a kiss off track so bouncy and catchy that you might not realize how acidic it is without...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Mar 8, 2023 | Lists!
Few instrumentalists are more overlooked than bassists. Their low range often relegates them to near-subliminal contributions to songs. Its limited number of strings has led to the ubiquitous assumption that it’s easy to play. Legions of bassists have started...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Mar 7, 2023 | Album Reviews
It’s hard to say exactly how “Carvers, Farriers, and Knaves” opens BIG BRAVE’s new album. Drums pound and feedback spikes out of overdriven amps while Robin Wattie pushes her voice near the top of her range, but the noise takes a break between...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Feb 24, 2023 | Single Reviews
Few records have impacted me like the sole full-length of Isis/Deftones supergroup Palms. The glistening waves of synth and modulated guitar and Chino Moreno’s gorgeous vocal performance against warlike drums and thick explosions of distortion expanded my...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Feb 23, 2023 | Reviews
When I was a sophomore in high school, I suddenly had the existence of Radiohead thrust upon me in the space of a week. My friend Mitchell brought “Idioteque” in to one of our music classes for analysis. I was already enraptured, when a day or two later, I...
