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I'm obsessed to share with you the noise that I love best.

Into The Realm

I have mixed feelings about a band that does doom metal with this much conviction.

Into The Realm

Love Child (Never Meant To Be)

Bandcamp has a feature on Sonic Youth and Beat Happening contemporaries, Love Child. John Morrison, writing about the short-lived group, notes that their sound, while not pop-punk as we think of it, nevertheless was both pop and punk. Particularly on their early 7” singles, they have a shambling, amateurish sound

Love Child (Never Meant To Be)

Music Media Mayhem

What is the best way to buy and consume music in 2024?

Music Media Mayhem

A La Sala

A band that has spawned many imitators keeps adding to the quality of their catalog.

A La Sala

Sharing Is Caring

How do you give the gift of music without tapes?

Sharing Is Caring

What We Do Now

A grunge king remembers his roots on this solo effort.

What We Do Now

Sophie

I’ve loved the fourth track on the Small Black record, Limits of Desire ever since the album was released over a decade ago. It was a clear standout, a highly stylized, dreamy ode to a woman who could probably be described as a “free spirit.” The song is based

Blame Me

This video for the song “Blame Me” by Bathe Alone is described as a “short film.” It’s full of symbolism depicting the recent dissolution of singer/instrumentalist Bailey Crone’s marriage, with the gleeful destruction of wedding props including the recognizable and iconic white dress. The lyrics to the

Messages

Jane Penny, the frontwoman for TOPS is following in the footsteps of her bandmate Marta Cikojevic (aka Marci) and releasing a solo EP. The song features the satiny smooth vocals we’ve come to expect from Ms. Penny. I can’t confirm, but I would assume the music was composed

Messages

Unconditional

It was getting dangerously close to the end of the year, and I still hadn't picked out a favorite track from 2023, if only for my own contemplation, even if not for publication. This week, though, I finally listened to Daydreamer by Molly Burch, which came out in

Unconditional