Music Reviews

As far as I’m concerned, Glasgow’s “There Will Be Fireworks” just pulled off the impossible. After 10 years since the release of their 2013 winter-rock (my term) classic “The Dark, Dark Bright”, they put out a record which not only still sounds like them but also serves as a refreshing continuation of their sound after […]

I got into singer-songwriter Christian Lee Hutson late last summer and subsequently ran his debut record, 2020’s “Beginners”, into the ground. My end of year listening stats reflected this as two of the songs (“Lose This Number” and “Northsiders”) made it into my top ten most played songs for the year. The timing worked out

Australian by way of cities from around the world rockers Gang of Youths are back after four and a half years since their exquisite “Go Farther in Lightness” was released. It made for one of my favorite records of the last decade (incidentally check out my Go Farther in Lightness review), so I’ve been eagerly

Pinegrove’s sixth album, “11:11”, feels both like a band finding its way again as well as fully settled into a sound for the first time. Digressing immediately in this Pinegrove 11:11 review, I was surprised to see that this is indeed their sixth album, and I’ve been listening to them since 2016. Obviously this is

When Gang of Youths released a brief 3 song EP in July, “total serene”, frontman/vocalist/songwriter Dave Le’aupepe said that the track “unison” was a glimpse of what the future of GoY was to sound like. Honestly, as a huge fan of this band thanks mostly to the strength of their breakthrough sophomore record “Go Farther

In their first collection of songs releasde since one of my favorite records of all time (see my Go Farther in Lightness review), to see me gush about their critically acclaimed sophomore full length, Gang of Youths are back with a short 3 song EP: total serene. Let’s break it down track by track and

We Are Scientists are back with “Contact High”. This comes three months ahead of their next planned release (titled “Huff”), out October 8th. Let’s get to the track now in this We Are Scientists Contact High review. We Are Scientists Contact High Review Contact High starts out with a little teased strumming before launching into

Holy hell, after 4 (long) years Gang of Youths are back. If you saw my Go Farther in Lightness review, you’ll know that that album in particular established the Sydney, Australia by way of London, England rock five piece as one of my favorite artists today. It’s not often that an artist creates one of