Drug Store Romeos
The World Within Our Bedrooms (Rough Trade). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Tag: Pinback
Mixtape 138 :: Political Song
Supremely independent for going on three decades, Superchunk’s incisive nervous energy is still one of the purest indie highs you can find.
Mixtape 123 :: Thieves
Billy Martin’s drumming makes me think of oxymorons like “precisely sloppy” and “intensely casual” and “red hot chill out”.
Mixtape 108 :: Jaan Pehechaan Ho
If a mermaid learned to play surf guitar, she could give Olivia Jean some exciting competition, at least for a little while.
Judgement Day
Polar Shift (Minus Head). Review by Carl F Gauze.
STRFKR
Reptilians (Polyvinyl Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Pinback
Pinback and sBACH rock the Paradise, and turn Addam Donnelly’s frown upside down.
Anthem In
Anthem In (Quiet/Loud). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Pattern is Movement
All Together (Home Tapes). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Aloha
Light Works (Polyvinyl). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Part Timer
Blue (Flau). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Rob Crow
Up (Temporary Residence). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Pinback
What could be more delightful than a cruise ship with Venom as the house band? A conversation with compulsive musical-project-starter Rob Crow, Ian Koss believes.
Pinback
Autumn of the Seraphs (Touch and Go). Review by Jen Cray.
The Exeter Popes
Snow, Mountain, Geisha (White Shoe). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Sleepyard
Easy Tensions (Orange). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Kid
La Societe Nouvelle (Hybris). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Glissandro 70
Glissandro 70 (Constellation). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Aloha
Here Comes Everyone (Polyvinyl). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Pinback
Summer in Abaddon (Touch & Go). Review by Aaron Shaul.
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