The Pretty Flowers hail from Los Angeles, and are made up of members of a whole raft of bands I’ve never heard of because I’m
Read moreCulture Abuse – Bay Dream (Epitaph, 2018)
Ugh. It’s not a good feeling when you start off really properly digging an album and invest yourself in it, and even potentially recommend said
Read moreThe Movielife – Cities in Search of a Heart (Rise Records, 2017)
Sometimes you find things that you never had any intention of looking for. New York band The Movielife are such an example for me. Having
Read moreMarvelous Mark – Buzzin’ (Drunken Sailor Records, 2017)
Avid readers (assuming there are any) may remember with fondness (doubtful, but I’m open to the possibility) my review of Marvelous Mark’s debut LP, Crushin’
Read morePet Symmetry – Vision (Polyvinyl, 2017)
Wait, this album came out a few months ago. Oh, oops. Well, this one is a little late then. Ah well, I’d best get on
Read moreBat Boy – Couldn’t Keep Up 7in (Asian Man Records, 2017)
Bat Boy is another new band on Asian Man Records featuring someone from Spraynard – in this case Jake. He is joined by Cory (from
Read moreWhite Reaper – The World’s Best American Band (Polyvinyl, 2017)
White Reaper are pretty much doing their best to put the fun back into rock n’roll. In fact, it’s their reason d’être, if you will.
Read moreDead Broke Rekerds, New York – an introduction part 3
What up, my punky little peanuts? This is the last installment of our three-part intro to Dead Broke Rekerds. So we have a whole other
Read moreDiners – Three (Asian Man Records, 2016)
This is yet another new one for me from Asian Man Records. I wasn’t really sure what I should be expecting, having done absolutely no
Read moreWoah-woah! The gang’s all here! Introducing the writers (part 4)
So this is part 4 of this auspicious series, lifting the lid on back stories of the Apathy & Exhaustion writers… This time around, we’ve
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