It may sound silly, but I was really worried about listening to this album. So often with a band you love, their solo work just
Read moreBeach Slang – The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City (Bridge Nine, 2020)
People who have been keeping the faith with the ramblings on this piece of shit website will be no stranger to the fact that I
Read moreHolding Patterns – Endless (Vested Interest / To Lose La Track / Stiff Slack, 2019)
It wasn’t that long ago that these 3 guys made up three fifths of arguably one of the most respected up and coming bands in
Read morePkew Pkew Pkew – Optimal Lifestyles (Big Scary Monsters, 2019)
Pkew Pkew Pkew are from Toronto, Canada, and formed in 2013. After a couple of EPs they released their first album ‘Pkew Pkew Pkew’ on
Read moreAmerican Football – LP3 Review (Polyvinyl/Big Scary Monsters, 2019)
Aside from their first release in 1999, I’ve not really listened to American Football that much as they always felt like the ‘much softer side’
Read moreMartha – Love Keeps Kicking (Big Scary Monsters / Dirtnap, 2019)
If I was full of shit, I’d probably be telling you that I’d been down with Martha from day one. But, as I consider myself
Read moreAntarctigo Vespucci – Love in the Time of E-Mail (Polyvinyl / Big Scary Monsters, 2018)
Slackaholic Jeff Rosenstock is back with yet another album, inspiringly justifying his generally dishevelled look. This time it’s Love in the Time of E-Mail, a
Read moreDoe – Grow Into It (Big Scary Monsters / Topshelf Records 2018)
Is it still a difficult second album when you had a collection of EPs out before your first record proper? I’d discovered said release, First
Read moreMom Jeans – Puppy Love (Counter Intuitive Records / Big Scary Monsters, 2018)
As the truest measure possible of how irreversibly un-cool I’ve become, now that I’m a proper adult with a kid and everything, I was totally
Read moreBeach Slang – Everything Matters But No One Is Listening [Quiet Slang] (Polyvinyl / Big Scary Monsters, 2018)
I mentioned in my review of the We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags [Quiet Slang] 7in last year that I was a relatively late comer to
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