It’s amazing how much brothers Ron and Russell Mael have achieved in their long and storied career. Five decades and twenty four albums later, Sparks releases their latest offering with great energy and fervor, clocking in at 54 minutes across 14 tracks. A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip is bold, flamboyant, and full of wonder. You […]

Fans of Choir Boy are in for a treat. It’s been  years since Salt Lake City’s indie pop favorite released their debut Passive with Desire, and the wait is finally over. Gathering Swans is a dream pop/goth collection that came straight out of a synth cathedral. The album takes you to a spiritual journey. Each […]

Retirement Party delivers a one-two punch of heavy noise and sincere lyrics in their sophomore album. Runaway Dog carries with it the familiar Chicago sound from similar acts such as Ratboys and Beach Bunny, but the thing that differentiates them is the massive sound and intricate narratives that will pound away at all your worries. […]

It’s really interesting how the latest album from Fire-Toolz manages to weave together two emotional extremes into an honest catharsis. Rainbow Bridge strings together smooth jazz, metal vocals and the aesthetics of vaporwave to express Angel Marcloid’s emotional rollercoaster. She recently went through tragedy when her pet cat and muse Breakfast passed away. On one […]

Take out your Hazmat suits, as the self-titled debut from Brooklyn’s Weeping Icon is filled to the brim with vile acid that spits on social media culture, unfair power dynamics and a slew of other issues in our socio political climate. The band combines thrash-y punk, noise rock and a pinch of shoegaze, with the […]

Describing the latest album from Richmond, Virginia’s Dumb Waiter  might be a futile exercise, like trying to explain how Cthulhu looks like to a blind man. But I will try my best, since noise and experimental rock doesn’t really paint a vivid picture, and this album has that in spades. Layers of vivid imagery are […]