Albums Of The Week: Backxwash | His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We...

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering will conclude a trilogy of albums by Backxwash which began three years ago. The series...

Now Hear This: Holt Bodish | Build Yourself A Space

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Holt Bodish is best known as one-third of Montana's finest treble strummers, Mordecai. But with that operation now spread all over this repulsive and insane...

Now Hear This: Various Artists | Ulyssa Records Presents <1000: Of Biblical Proportions

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “We’re waddling our big asses back down into UHQ from the after-church luncheon. We handled all the dishes and then got into a deep theological...

Now Hear This: Blues Ambush | Blues Ambush

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Boffo new tape jammer from this Ken Brenninger (Fully Glazed, Storks) led unit that’s been absolutely terrorizing eardrums throughout the mid-Atlantic and New England region...

Now Hear This: Malena Stefano | Imposs​í​vel

THE TRANSLATED & EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Malena Stefano is a singer, composer and performer. She currently resides in Curitiba. In 2015 she moved to Brasília and participated in the...

Now Hear This: Spirits In The Pillar | Scaled-down Expectations

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Following on from recent single Singularitarian Rhapsody, Spirits In The Pillar examine the folly of techno-solutionism and symptoms of deep cultural malaise on their debut...

20 Questions With Teni Rane

Teni Rane wants to cozy up to you. The Tennessee folk-pop singer-songwriter — who debuted her latest charming single Meet Me In Stockholm HERE a few weeks ago —...

Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records

I finally got around to watching that new Creedence Clearwater Revival documentary on Netflix. It's solid — you should watch it, especially if you like gapped teeth, bowl cuts,...

Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Heart | Bébé le Strange

For one of their most remarkable albums, Heart's Bébé le Strange certainly gets overlooked. In the discography, the 1980 album sort of marks a transition between the ’70s classic...

Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Genesis | From Genesis To Revelation

I ended up with the first Genesis album in exactly the way Peter Gabriel feared I would — I found it in a bin at Woolworth’s with a bunch...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Rise Above

This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Henry Rollins does not...

Classic Album Review: David Bowie | Best of Bowie

This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Sometimes you feel like...

Classic Album Review: T-Model Ford | Bad Man

This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Looks like it’s true...

Classic Album Review: Raging Slab | Pronounced Eat Shit

This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   The title and cover...

Classic Album Review: Peaches | The Teaches of Peaches

This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You think Britney and...

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