Deftones : private music

Deftones are true survivors of the onslaught of the mid-90s heavy music scene. Lumped into the Nu metal crowd(unfairly), by their 3rd album White Pony the California art rock/metal band showed far more many colors and hues in their sonic palate. This gave them the artistic and creative cache needed to solidify a respected music […]

Edena Gardens : Dispossessed

Denmark’s Edena Gardens rolled onto the scene back in 2022 with their self-titled debut. A monolithic sound of doom-laced blues and post-rock expansiveness, it was like hearing Black Sabbath taking a cue from Ry Cooder; chugging rhythms, desolated guitar tones, and the feeling of some dystopian, post-apocalyptic western taking place on a distant, sun-dried planet. […]

The Black Keys : No Rain, No Flowers

Who still listens to the Black Keys? What’s the appeal to their heavily-produced, pop blues smorgasbord at this point? The last, I don’t know, 5 or 6 records have been these flaccid music affairs that were mere fading shadows of what the Ohio-based blues duo used to represent. Listen, I get it that artists can […]

OSEES : ABOMINATION REVEALED AT LAST

It’s that time of the year when we get ready for the sonic assault that is OSEES. There are like at least 10 different iterations of the West Coast punk/garage/noise band with various spellings, but they all mean just one thing: LOUD. The OSEES leader, singer, guitarist, and general noise guru is John Dwyer. A […]

Radiohead : Hail To The Thief(Live Recordings 2003-2009)

Radiohead may have made the biggest left turn of any band in terms of a sonic shift in style and sound. OK Computer was arguably one of the biggest alternative rock albums of the 90s(and beyond), propelling Radiohead into the pantheon of legendary bands. And for better or worse as far as Yorke & Co […]

Post Animal : IRON

Post Animal is a band that you’ve heard before(even if you haven’t.) They’re the kind of quiet indie rock band that’s been banging around for years. Calling themselves psychedelic seems to be a stretch, though their music can be moody; folksy, intimate, and heart-on-sleeve for sure. They could have easily fit right in the Pitchfork […]

Alice Cooper : The Revenge Of Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper, first the band and then just the guy, have been a staple of hard rock for over 50 years. Starting in 1969, they built a kind of rock and roll circus which combined blues rock, vaudeville, Gothic undertones, and 50s camp horror, Alice Cooper made a name for themselves as harbingers of blood-soaked […]

Kurt Vile/Luke Roberts : Classic Love EP

The last time Kurt Vile released an EP it was 2023’s Back To Moon Beach. That EP was just shy of an hour long. For an EP. A mixture of mostly originals(including an ode to the great Tom Petty) and a great cover of Wilco’s “Passenger Side”. The only other person I can think of […]

Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson, Carlos Niño : Openness Trio

The sound of Openness Trio is the sound of futurism, experimentation, and of a band re-writing what a jazz trio can be. Guitarist/producer Nate Mercereau, saxophonist Josh Johnson, and percussionist Carlos Niño are no strangers to the worlds of jazz and experimentalism. They are among a small but powerful group of “new” jazz players that […]

Alex G : Headlights

My first exposure to singer/songwriter Alex G was thru his music scores for Jane Schoenbrun’s We’re All Going To The World’s Fair and I Saw The TV Glow. I was surprisingly moved by his score to I Saw The TV Glow(as I was by the film, too). His restrained synth-heavy score felt like music you’d […]