
Album review: Purity Ring’s Shrines
April 1, 2026James plays on her small-sounding voice a lot, which I found increasingly grating the more I...

Album review: Delilah’s From The Roots Up
March 13, 2026Probably the most pleasant piece of difficult listening ever, it slightly reminds me of early Tori...

Album Review: Crystal Castles’ III
February 14, 2026After a high-pitched intro reminiscent of the entry into a horror film, the bass explodes into...

Album Review: Andre Williams and The Sadies’ Night & Day
February 10, 2026Andre Williams spits out his philosophy against a background of organs and supporting vocals that evoke...

Album Review: Wooden Wand’s Blood Oaths of the New Blues
February 4, 2026The listener is held in suspended emotional animation, waiting for a push in one direction or...

Album Review: Foxygen’s We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic
January 29, 2026Just in time for Valentine's Day, here are songs that celebrate life instead of mourning love,...

Album Review: Tegan and Sara’s Heartthrob
January 25, 2026Heartthrob is deeply wounded and most of it is sad. Its emotional palette is reds and...
Life, Death and Hip-Hop
December 16, 2025Within Hip-Hop we discover the struggle of the artist to make sense of their unjust world...
The Funk Brothers
December 14, 2025A few hundred fortunate Californians were sharing a moment of transcendence with the Funk Brothers, the...
The Story of AC/DC by Susan Masino
December 5, 2025Rock biographies, particularly of bands, are an odd subgenre. With an individual singer or instrumentalist, the...











