Some of the best reviews, we think, are spurned on by songs or sounds that immediately compel us to dive in with our notes and first impressions and then go back and try and formulate coherent thoughts from all the initial word vomit. If we had been writing back in [...]
There’s records out there that, when a single or two gets released and they’re just so fantastic right off the bat, it becomes a little suspect. Mostly because back in the days before instant grat releases and being able to hear something in its’ entirety right away some artists/labels/management would [...]
This is going to be one of those “We were gonna start this review off like this, but…” then proceed to sort of mention our draft bits/different iterations in the opening and then eventually get to the point. Sort of. When diving into Corlyx’s upcoming double album, PURPLE PAIN, we [...]
This album is everything. Yep, we said it. If you, like us, love to be completely blown away by an artist or album with no preconceived notions going in then we think Loons by Dwelley is THE debut record you need to check out in 2025. Formed by four childhood [...]
A few years back we finally had the chance to catch Bleeding Through in the wild and even as casual fans, it was more than worth the wait having followed the band since 2003’s This Is Love, This Is Murderous (Again, casual fans here). But speaking of that almost 22-year [...]
We’ve said it before and will most definitely say it again but rediscovering an album you may have forgotten about while researching an upcoming record by the same artist is THE BEST. It definitely led to Hippotraktor’s 2021 album Meridian being one of our top played on Spotify in 2024 [...]