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GEOGRAPHER – Animal Shapes
reviewed by Ryan Lawrence Carr

GEOGRAPHER – Animal Shapes

Michael Deni is no stranger to tragedy. After the deaths of his sister and father, Deni fled New Jersey for the greener pastures and freedom [...]

SHONEN KNIFE – Free Time
reviewed by Ian Jones

SHONEN KNIFE – Free Time

Shonen Knife’s album Free Time is a typical J-Pop rock album. There is a very simple verse-chorus-verse format to pretty much every song, and having [...]

Interview: Vinnie Kircher of Jaill
words by Ryan Lawrence Carr | photo by Michael Goelzer

Interview: Vinnie Kircher of Jaill

Last year, Jail was an unheard of band from the deepest rock underground in Milwaukee when they released There’s No Sky (Oh My My) and [...]

The Shifting Smell of Cages
words by Katie Manderfield

The Shifting Smell of Cages

Institutionally sweaty and sterile. A deep thick concrete plaster scent. Her smell hovers above her as she sleeps. Thick scalp smell. Powder and a prickling [...]

The Good Ones – Sara

The Good Ones – Sara

Great songs need not context, a shared language nor familiar rhythms to so prove themselves. The guitars don’t even have to be exactly in tune. [...]

David Bowie to Publish Photo Book

David Bowie to Publish Photo Book

As reported by Publishers Weekly, David Bowie will indeed be publishing a new book of photography and visual art entitled Bowie: Object. “Sadly, this is [...]

SILJE NES – Opticks
reviewed by Peter Cauvel

SILJE NES – Opticks

Silje Nes wastes no time establishing herself on Opticks, her second album. The first track, “The Glass Harp,” starts with soft guitars and whispering vocals. [...]

HUMANIFESTO – The Infamous
reviewed by Beth Harper

HUMANIFESTO – The Infamous

Opening with the obligatory power chord hold-outs that are the mark of most classic punk hardcore albums of late, Humanifesto’s newest release The Infamous sets [...]

The Americans – Diamond

The Americans – Diamond

R&B infused indie rock outfit The Americans will release their six-track, sophomore EP on November 16 as a follow up to their self-titled debut.  The album [...]

Nate and Jackson: Culinary Delights
by Nate Pollard and Jackson Ellis

Nate and Jackson: Culinary Delights

NUCLEAR POWER PANTS – Wicked Eats the Warrior
reviewed by Andrew Good

NUCLEAR POWER PANTS – Wicked Eats the Warrior

Anything connected to Dan Deacon, even tangentially, is bound to be weird. Both he and Nuclear Power Pants are known for having ebullient live shows, [...]

IN THE RED/THE ANCHOR – Split
reviewed by Jon Aubin

IN THE RED/THE ANCHOR – Split

In The Red is at least trying to do something somewhat different, with a stop-start, repetitive, math rock guitar lick, but it sounds too much [...]

House of Bread – Don’t Be Shy

House of Bread – Don’t Be Shy

Beginning in 2005, Omar Afzaal conceived of House of Bread as a noise-pop solo project with the use of guitars pedals and a simple eight-track [...]