Show Review 10 thoughts on my first Joyce Manor show (Feat. Shawn Cooke) Shawn and I travelled to West Virginia to see the indie-punk maestros in a sold-out 250-cap room.
My Listening Week My Listening Week: The Goin' Nowheres, Fountains of Wayne, a Worm show, and more Some thoughts on power-pop, a longer album review, and a recap of a blood-gulping metal gig.
Media Mail Media Mail: Sweet twee, mod-synth melancholia, gnashing metalcore, and more The column where I review any vinyl, CD's, and cassettes people send me.
My Listening Week My Listening Week: Mannequin Pussy, A Country Western, TAGABOW & 7 more Thoughts on Philly shoegaze's best, some slowcore newcomers, some hardcore old-timers, and a lot more.
Media Mail Media Mail: Scorching hardcore, psych-y indie, bonkers Christmas tunes and more I said I'd review any physical media anybody sent me. Here's the latest batch.
My 101 Favorite Albums of 2023 It's List Season. Surely, you've already seen a ton of other Best Albums of 2023 lists. And if you're really invested in what I do, then maybe you already heard me rank my top 10 albums of the year on my podcast Endless Scroll.
Show Review The Scope of All This Revival I attended night one of The Hotelier and Foxing's 10-year-anniversary tour for 'The Albatross' and 'Home, Like No Place Is There.' I had thoughts.
Media Mail Media Mail: Apocalyptic industrial, skin-searing hardcore, wicked grind and more Reviews of new and new-ish releases from Realize, Pig City, Spy, Caveman and more.
My Listening Week My Listening Week: Cursetheknife, Dead Heat, Madball, Blood Estate On "heavy shoegaze" exhaustion, crossover thrash that works, and finally loving a Madball record.
My Listening Week My Listening Week: Hold, Manta, Five Pebbles, Olivia Rodrigo, Steve Roden Thoughts on slowcore, ambient, shoegaze, Olivia Rodrigo, and a tribute to Steve Roden.
Show Review How Things Change: An Alex G Live Review A recent Alex G show got me thinking about his fandom, his evolution, and my favorite artist ever.
My Listening Week My Listening Week: 8/18/23 Thoughts on Twitching Tongues, The Hives, Bully and Mouthpiece.
Show Review "Everyone's a Fucking Victim": This Is Hardcore 2023 Review Hugo Reyes and I recount our wild experience at This Is Hardcore festival 2023.
My Listening Week My Listening Week: 8/11/23 Thoughts on Computerwife, Militarie Gun, Only Living Witness and more.
Look Ma, I Majored in House Parties On being a 20 years old and the Soda Bomb album that fucked up my life (complimentary).
Looking Back I Was the Perfect Age for MySpace, but I Missed It How being an offline tween during third-wave emo makes me a generational anomaly.
Show Review Pup and Beach Bunny Live: 10 Thoughts on Streams, Internet Hits, and Loving a Band for Years "I'm failing upwards again / I might pull it off / If I don't fuck this up before it pays off"
Looking Back Seek and Consume: On Sub Pop, Bruce Pavitt and Eternal Music Criticism Why reading Bruce Pavitt's Sub Pop writing from the 1980s made me feel optimistic about the value of music criticism today.
My Listening Week My Listening Week: 5/5/23 Thoughts on Blithe Field, Peezy, Superdrag and Next Step Up.
My Listening Week My Listening Week: 4/21/23 Reviews of Magdalena Bay, Cindy, Initiate, Ice Spice and more.
My Listening Week My Listening Week: 3/31/23 Thoughts on 03 Greedo, Slayer, No Innocent Victim, Black Country, New Road, and more.
My Listening Week My Listening Week: 3/24/23 Thoughts on Deathcrash, Life of Agony, Pain Clinic and more.
