There has always been a certain air to the music that Josh Augustin and Sam Winemiller have created under the Vansire name, ever since their first releases back in 2016. For any familiar listeners, the immersive, dream-like nature of their…
“This Is What It Feels Like” Album Review: Pause. This one will make you sit with your emotions
22 year old pop artist, Gracie Abrams released her debut album This Is What It Feels Like this November 12th. When the first song, “Feels Like”, was first released, the song almost felt like a happy ending. Gracie Abrams writes…
“22 Break” Album Review: Oh Wonder’s new album is intimate and vulnerable
The latest Oh Wonder album, ’22 Break’ is a break-up album written with the person you’re breaking up with.
Album Review: Osees bring a raw, heavy edge to “Protean Threat”
In a genre like garage rock, that often relies on simplicity, tradition, and back-to-basics thinking, a band with the consistency and creativity of Osees is a rarity. In just twenty-three years, the group has gone through fourteen band members, twenty-three…
Album Review: that dog. – “Old LP”
One painful incident of media sexism is an article about this band that was cruelly headlined “That Dad”. The snide implication was that the members of that dog. had only made it to a recording booth thanks to the industry…
Album Review: No Age – “Snares Like a Haircut”
It’s been five years since Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt released a studio album as No Age, so you would think in that time there might have been an evolution that would be evident in their new release. Unfortunately,…
“(Un)Commentary” review: Learning to Grow Up with Alec Benjamin
Just like the day you first moved in, your family is in your dorm. Eight semesters worth of memories are packed up in boxes. Once you line them up at the door, there’s nothing more to do. You sit on…