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Album Review: Model/Actriz - "Dogsbody"
Model/Actriz approach their post punk and industrial noise tunes with a demeanor that's menacing, unsettling, frantic, and a bit...

Josh Bokor
Mar 16, 20233 min read
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Album Review: U.S. Girls - "Bless This Mess"
Bless This Mess, the new U.S. Girls album, focuses on Meg Remy's recent childbirth of her two twins along with her experience from it. As...

Josh Bokor
Mar 15, 20234 min read
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Album Review: Gorillaz - "Cracker Island"
Despite the diverse array of guests and interesting cult narrative, there isn't a whole lot that makes Cracker Island a genuine Gorillaz...

Josh Bokor
Mar 15, 20234 min read
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Album Review: Rozi Plain - "Prize"
What sounds like a lovely continuation from the songs of her previous release, Prize has the gorgeous production, simplistic approach to...

Josh Bokor
Mar 15, 20233 min read
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Album Review: tricot - "Fudeki"
Fudeki is a solid companion piece to Jodeki that acts as both a victory lap and a new path towards excitingly noisy and experimental...

Josh Bokor
Mar 10, 20233 min read
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Album Review: Mac DeMarco - "Five Easy Hot Dogs"
Mac DeMarco's new album is a short collection of instrumentals that were sporadically created by himself on a three month long cross...

Josh Bokor
Jan 24, 20233 min read
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Album Review: Phoenix - "Alpha Zulu"
After five years of studio album silence, the respectable French rockers Phoenix record their seventh one at the famed Louvre in Paris....

Josh Bokor
Nov 18, 20225 min read
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Album Review: black midi - "Hellfire"
Freak jazz? Post cabaret? Math core? Hellfire, the UK band's third installment in the group's blockbuster franchise, continues the band's...

Josh Bokor
Nov 16, 20224 min read
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Album Review: Jack Johnson - "Meet the Moonlight"
Jack Johnson's first new album in five years and ninth overall comes as a wonderful and much needed breath of fresh air, specifically one...

Josh Bokor
Nov 1, 20225 min read
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Album Review: Destroyer - "Labyrinthitis"
Labyrinthitis is the closest Dan Bejar has come to crafting a universally enjoyed pop record since 2011's Kaputt. With an emphasis on...

Josh Bokor
Oct 18, 20224 min read
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Album Review: Daniel Rossen - "You Belong There"
The pivotal Grizzly Bear member's debut solo album familiarly has the warmly inviting singing and guitar playing that ventures into...

Josh Bokor
Oct 14, 20224 min read
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Album Review: Spiritualized - "Everything Was Beautiful"
The ninth studio album led by famed space rock legend J Spaceman continues what is to be expected (the epic walls of instrumentation,...

Josh Bokor
Oct 13, 20224 min read
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Album Review: The Smile - "A Light for Attracting Attention"
Though labeled as a record from The Smile, A Light for Attracting Attention is essentially a Radiohead record in execution by band...

Josh Bokor
Oct 13, 20224 min read
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Album Review: Superchunk - "Wild Loneliness"
At this late within Superchunk's career, now at over three decades, it's a great feeling to hear a record as beautiful and blissful as...

Josh Bokor
Oct 10, 20224 min read
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Album Review: SASAMI - "Squeeze"
On her second album Squeeze, Sasami Ashworth throws a curve ball by showing her vast tastes in music from 90's alt metal, noise rock,...

Josh Bokor
Oct 8, 20223 min read
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Album Review: Bloc Party - "Alpha Games"
The first new album from Bloc Party in six years isn't without its flaws, but Alpha Games has the band sounding reinvigorated. This time,...

Josh Bokor
Oct 3, 20224 min read
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Album Review: Arcade Fire - "WE"
Arcade Fire's sixth studio album is a heavily mixed bag and despite its 40-minute runtime, it feels like an unfinished afterthought more...

Josh Bokor
Jul 27, 20225 min read
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Album Review: Band of Horses - "Things Are Great"
Thing Are Great, the Seattle indie rock veterans' first new album in six years, is undoubtedly and unanimously great. It is Band of...

Josh Bokor
Jul 27, 20223 min read
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Album Review: Bruce Hornsby - "'Flicted"
With decades of music under his belt, veteran piano pop great Bruce Hornsby continues to experiment, try new things, and make unlikely...

Josh Bokor
Jul 22, 20223 min read
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Album Review: Weird Nightmare - "Weird Nightmare"
The debut solo project from METZ frontman Alex Edkins is surprisingly introspective and has more of an emphasis on pop songwriting. It's...

Josh Bokor
Jun 8, 20223 min read
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