Guided By Voices Earth Man Blues Rockathon Records “A collage of rejected songs” is how Guided by Voices’ Robert Pollard describes Earth Man Blues which sounds, y’know… not great, Bob. This humble, tongue-in-cheek sentiment runs the risk of [...]
Tobin Sprout Empty Horses Fire Records Empty Horses, the seventh solo album from Tobin Sprout, takes a stylistic detour from what we are used to by someone regarded as a prince of fuzz-laden indie rock. With his latest record, we are treated to [...]
Jarv Is… Beyond The Pale Rough Trade Were it not for the fact that it was recorded throughout 2018 and originally never intended to be released as an album, Beyond The Pale may well be the perfect soundtrack for 2020. Jarv Is… is the [...]
Japandroids Massey Fucking Hall Arts & Crafts If you saw Japandroids live prior to 2017, chances are it would have been in a modestly-sized, yet uncomfortably rammed room, and you probably left having lost 10 lbs in sweat alone. In the five [...]
THE GOLDEN AGE A CONVERSATION WITH DOUG GILLARD OF GUIDED BY VOICES Displaying a stubborn determination, Guided by Voices, in its many forms has released 27 studio albums, the most recent being the ambitious double LP, Zeppelin Over China. With [...]
Chain Wallet No Ritual Jansen Records With the release of its second album, Bergen-based dream pop trio Chain Wallet delivers a post-apocalyptic dive into the millennial mind. While the group’s self-titled debut from 2016 used the attempt to [...]
Guided By Voices Zeppelin Over China Rockathon Records It seems like a wonderful time to be a Guided by Voices fan. Since 2016, kingpin Robert Pollard has been joined by longtime members Doug Gillard and Kevin March, alongside relative newcomers [...]
Let’s Eat Grandma I’m All Ears Transgressive Let’s get it out of the way now and address this fact, as all Let’s Eat Grandma reviews seem almost contractually obligated to do – Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton are young. Their 2016 debut I, [...]
