Apologies to Dave and all at Everything Sucks and Josh at Rad Girlfriend – this review is somewhat delayed for various of the usual reasons:
Read moreCome Closer – Pretty Garbage (Pirate’s Press Records, 2021)
I suppose I’ll start this off with a spurious statement of sorts: this is I think the big surprise release of 2021. Well, in so
Read moreLaika’s Orbit – Chosen No Ones (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2019)
Laika’s Orbit are a new one for me. Like, literally no clue mate. They’ve been around since 2014 accoridng to their bandcamp page and describe
Read moreMoving Targets – Wires / Humbucker (Boss Tuneage / Dead Broke Rekerds, 2020)
Moving Targets are a power trio from Boston, originally formed in 1982. They put out their debut full length album in 1986 and then put
Read moreChagrin – Ground Scores (Rad Girlfriend Records, 2020)
So, anyways, Josh at Rad Girlfriend passed me a bunch of stuff for review a couple of months back and I’ve been steadily chipping away
Read moreGreensleep – Cheap Headphones (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2017)
I owe my dude Mike Bruno at Dead Broke an apology on this one. It’s WAY overdue. In fairness, Mike sent me this one in
Read moreAJJ – Ugly Spiral: Lost Works 2012 – 16 (sideonedummy, 2018)
AJJ, or Andrew Jackson Jihad (as they were once known) is a name I’ve been aware of for some long number of years now (they’ve
Read moreThe Stayawakes – Dogs and Cats / Living Together (Surefire Discs / badHORROR Recordings / ShoveItUpYourCult Records, 2018)
The Stayawakes are from Southsea, and Dogs And Cats / Living Together is their debut album. They reportedly play “loud, fuzzy indie-punk with poppy melodies,
Read moreLemuria – Recreational Hate (Asian Man records / Turbo Worldwide, 2017)
I’ll be honest – this one slipped under the radar. It totally slipped by untracked at the tail end of 2017. I suppose by way
Read moreFred Thomas – Changer (Polyvinyl, 2017)
OK, OK. Yes, here I go again. Another Polyvinyl album. I can hear you already: “But Clara, we know you are a sycophantic Polyvinyl fangirl.
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