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Album Review: The Beths - "Straight Line Was a Lie"
The Beths pull out another solid album with Straight Line Was a Lie , their most emotionally vulnerable record to date full of catchy hooks and lyrically dense lines. Anti - 2025 Indie pop rockers The Beths hail from New Zealand and have been one of the more buzzed about bands as of late. With an ear for hooks soundtracked by lead vocalist Elizabeth Stokes' self deprecating humor, The Beths have been a favorite for indie blogs and college radio alike. Their 2020 album Ju

Josh Bokor
Oct 20, 20253 min read


Album Review: Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - "That Wasn't a Dream"
That Wasn't a Dream is a remarkable collaboration that continues to show, if anything, that Pino Palladino and Blake Mills are up to the task at creating some beautiful and technically crafted jams. Verve - 2025 In purely technical aspects, bassist Pino Palladino and guitarist Blake Mills are the best in the game. Palladino has been around forever it seems, providing his fretless bass for artists ranging from The Who to Adele to D'Angelo (Rest In Peace!). Blake Mills ha

Josh Bokor
Oct 15, 20252 min read


Album Review: Geckøs - "Geckøs"
Inspired by Americana, Spanish and Irish folk, Geckøs is a pleasant detour for M. Ward, Howe Gelb, and McKowski, but it will simply be a...

Josh Bokor
Oct 9, 20252 min read


Album Review: David Byrne - "Who Is the Sky?"
The joy and positivity across Who Is the Sky? is presented in such a forced, grinning while held at gunpoint way that it's borderline...

Josh Bokor
Oct 9, 20254 min read


Album Review: Cass McCombs - "Interior Live Oak"
Interior Live Oak, Cass McCombs' sprawling new double album, holds together like a tightly knitted glove and it 100% deserves its...

Josh Bokor
Sep 12, 20253 min read


Album Review: Stereolab - "Instant Holograms on Metal Film"
Stereolab's first studio album in fifteen years, Instant Holograms on Metal Film sounds so consistently great that it honestly sounds...

Josh Bokor
Aug 29, 20253 min read


Album Review: Model/Actriz - "Pirouette"
Pirouette is louder, faster, groovier, and in a not so distant apocalyptic future, these songs would be radio hits. Sure, the album's...

Josh Bokor
Aug 29, 20253 min read


Album Review: Mac DeMarco - "Guitar"
Mac DeMarco's new album is a set of short, intimate and sparsely recorded songs. Guitar's flaws result in another niche project that only...

Josh Bokor
Aug 25, 20253 min read


Album Review: Sage Martens - "Chamber Music for Lawn Mowers"
Chamber Music for Lawn Mowers is an immersive ambient album that's the perfect representation of our complicated relationship with lawn...

Josh Bokor
Aug 21, 20254 min read


Album Review: DJ Koze - "Music Can Hear Us"
Music Can Hear Us is refreshingly meditative, more patient, and it launches the listener into space and into the unknown. DJ Koze...

Josh Bokor
Aug 20, 20254 min read


Album Review: Kesha - "."
Period , Kesha's sixth studio album and first independent release, is a welcoming return to her former partying crazed persona. It's a...

Josh Bokor
Jul 11, 20256 min read


Album Review: Deradoorian - "Ready for Heaven"
Ready for Heaven is Angel Deradoorian's best, immediate, and most creative release yet. It's the closest she has gotten to crafting a...

Josh Bokor
Jul 7, 20253 min read


Album Review: Turnstile - "Never Enough"
Never Enough serves as a solid successor to Glow On and Turnstile continue to push the envelope in genre defying ways, even though it...

Josh Bokor
Jul 2, 20254 min read


Album Review: Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - "Tall Tales"
Tall Tales is worth a listen and an occasional revisit, especially the album's strongest and most enticing moments, where you'll find...

Josh Bokor
Jun 16, 20255 min read


Album Review: Joe Jonas - "Music for People Who Believe In Love"
Music for People Who Believe In Love, Joe Jonas' new solo effort, is commendable, admirable, and pleasant on the ears. It isn't as...

Josh Bokor
Jun 11, 20255 min read


Album Review: Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Soft New Magic Dream"
The experimental psych group's first new album in seven years, Soft New Magic Dream hopes to reignite that flame of past creativity and...

Josh Bokor
Jun 10, 20253 min read


Album Review: Destroyer - "Dan's Boogie"
Dan's Boogie , Dan Bejar's fourteenth studio album under the Destroyer name, is among some of his brightest, hookiest, and most...

Josh Bokor
Jun 6, 20253 min read


Album Review: Esther Rose - "Want"
With Want , Esther Rose continues to be even more than just a sufficient singer songwriter, often captivating and dazzling with her...

Josh Bokor
May 30, 20254 min read


Album Review: Real Estate - "The Wee Small Hours: B-Sides and Other Detritus 2011 - 2025"
Real Estate are established enough of an indie rock band to release an album full of B-sides, songs from compilations, and unreleased...

Josh Bokor
May 27, 20255 min read


Album Review: Panda Bear - "Sinister Grift"
Sinister Grift may as well be Panda Bear's most accessible, warm, and inviting record in his career. Its warm tones of lush, beachy,...

Josh Bokor
Apr 23, 20253 min read
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