LP Review
Total Slacker ‘Parallels’
With Parallels, Total Slacker manage to showcase their multiple influences while remaining satisfyingly difficult to define
Hockey Dad ‘Boronia’
With Boronia, Australian surf rockers Hockey Dad employ a youthful energy that transports listeners to the beach scene it was created around
Dinosaur Jr. ‘Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not’
Dinosaur Jr. strikes again with their unmistakable sound featuring a near-perfect mix of melody and aggression
Free Pizza ‘Berlin, DE’
Free Pizza has made a brief, modern-day post-punk statement on their new release
Diarrhea Planet ‘Turn to Gold’
Diarrhea Planet’s four guitar assault finds melody and intensity sitting side by side
Band of Skulls ‘By Default’
Band of Skulls returns rowdier than ever with By Default, a record with hard rock roots, underground indie ambience, and no regards for boundaries
The Melvins ‘Basses Loaded’
The Melvins continue their storybook of mind-bending metal with Basses Loaded, a new experiment featuring a rotating cast of bassists like Krist Novoselic, Jeff Pinkus
Mudcrutch ‘2’
Tom Petty’s long-lost project Mudcrutch returns with 2, an album of quality, road trip-worthy songwriting
Aloha ‘Little Windows Cut Right Through’
With their latest release, Aloha has become something totally unrecognizable: a pop band
Maybird ‘Turning Into Water’
Maybird’s new EP, Turning Into Water, quite honestly sounds like the musical lovechild of Tame Impala and Oasis
Twin Peaks ‘Down In Heaven’
Down in Heaven is a great record that both builds on what Twin Peaks have done in the past, and pivots towards something new
Sturgill Simpson ‘A Sailor’s Guide to Earth’
Sturgill Simpson is making country records that, aside from a few sonic flourishes, could have appeared in 1970, and fit in far more comfortably than
