There’s more than hint of Dookie in this pop/punk single from Understatement, a power-trio punk band from Pittsburgh. There’s trebly […]
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With some pretty visceral lyrics and a rhythmic riffing dark sonic backdrop, ‘Bad Influence’ is a heavy-hitter from Hot Milk. […]
Otto Penzler has gathered together fourteen stories of impossible crimes, all part of the locked-room mystery cannon, despite some great […]
Never Let Me Go is a stunner from Placebo, and after things looked like stretching a full decade before we […]
Where ‘Piggy’ gave us a stomping punk angst-fest, ‘Can’t Take You Anywhere’ is a smoldering dark track with a persistent […]
With an overdriven brace of bars to open, ‘Highlights’ soon leaps into life just like the artwork suggests. This is […]
There’s an eighth album in the offing for the Pixies if they can choose from the forty-plus songs they’ve written […]
With a driving stomp of a beat and stabby guitars, ‘Hair Out’ is an explosive track that is the most […]
Misinformation, both unintentional and intentional (usually called disinformation), is one of society’s greatest challenges. It is deployed at scale against […]
Brei Carter is a pop/country crossover with a smooth soulful sound. She doesn’t have a new release out, but we […]