Reviews
Buddy’s Simmie Sims Review: He Put His Real Name On… and It Shows
Buddy’s Simmie Sims turns party-rap into a family ledger—bouncy drums, bruised voice, and prayers hidden in plain sight. Here’s what hit me first: the loudest creative decision on Simmie... more »
Finale’s The Good Review: Detroit Rap That Refuses to Hurry Up
Finale’s The Good sounds like a veteran MC auditing his own life in real time—grief, craft, and pride threaded through beats that refuse to match. Some records beg for attention. The Good... more »
Phantom Void Review: Long Distance Calling’s Nightmare Gym Workout
Phantom Void turns post-rock into a sharp-edged bad dream—fast, clean, heavy, and a little too eager to impress. Here’s what it’s really doing. LONG DISTANCE CALLING have spent two... more »
Fading Forward Review: Les Imprimés’ Soul Album That Smiles While It Sinks
Fading Forward sounds warm enough to hug—until you realize it’s mostly one person, alone, quietly writing around grief and messy love. Here’s the sneaky part: Fading Forward plays like a... more »
Miss Michigan EP Review: Momo Boyd’s Pageant Smile That Bites Back
Miss Michigan EP turns “good girl” compliments into evidence—and Momo Boyd sings like she’s done being polite about it. This EP sounds like someone finally grabbed the microphone with... more »
Jacob Banks’ Limerence Album Review: Love, With a Warning Label
The Limerence album isn’t trying to romance you—it’s trying to diagnose you, politely, seven times in a row. Some feelings don’t need poetry. They need a clinical term and a chair you... more »
Did You Ask to Be Set Free Album Review: Grief, Hooks, and a Big Swing
Did You Ask is As Everything Unfolds turning tragedy into pop-leaning catharsis—sometimes messy, often magnetic, and way more intentional than it first sounds. Some albums gently... more »
Fuck, Marry, Kill Review: Tink Turns a Party Game Into Paperwork
Fuck, Marry, Kill plays like Tink translating lust into leases, terms, and exit math—then daring you to sing along anyway. Everybody knows the game in the title. Three names, three... more »
Palette Knife “Keyframe” Review: Nerdcore Emo With Pop-Punk Sprinkles
Palette Knife’s Keyframe blends nostalgic 90s pop-punk energy with Midwest emo vulnerabilities and subtle pop-culture nods, delivering an emotionally honest and catchy listening... more »
Lose Your Self Review: Enter Shikari’s Midnight Drop Isn’t Here to Comfort You
Enter Shikari’s Lose Your Self shows up unannounced, hits harder than expected, and still insists on hope—annoyingly, convincingly. A new Enter Shikari album usually feels like an... more »
Heaven Wept Review: Inferi Turns Tech-Death Into Feelings (Oops)
Heaven Wept is Inferi going full precision-brutality—then sneaking in real melancholy like it’s contraband. There’s no warm-up lap here. Heaven Wept kicks the door off its hinges and... more »
Mamas Gun DIG! Album Review: Soul Revival That Refuses to Behave
An in-depth look at how Mamas Gun’s DIG! album uses analogue recording and grown-up soul songwriting to create a record that feels lived-in, honest, and far from a retro costume... more »
Hell Is Here Album Review: Bodysnatcher Turn Trauma Into a Weapon
Hell Is Here hits like self-defense: Bodysnatcher’s bluntest breakdown album, built on boundaries, revenge fantasies, and riffs that don’t apologize. Some albums ease into the room.... more »
Mr. Lovebomb Review: Isaia Huron’s Smoothest Red Flag Parade Yet
Isaia Huron’s Mr. Lovebomb is gospel-trained R&B as emotional sleight-of-hand: sweet chords, sly confessionals, and a protagonist who won’t stop chasing. Some records want you to... more »
Press Start Review: Samurai Pizza Cats Treat Metalcore Like an Arcade
Press Start is Samurai Pizza Cats at full neon throttle—metalcore, EDM, and jokes on purpose. Fun, exhausting, and weirdly precise in the same breath. Some albums feel like a new... more »
Truckfighters Masterflow Album Review: Fuzz for Yoga, Somehow
Truckfighters Masterflow turns fuzz into a controlled wildfire—heavy enough to rattle teeth, spacious enough to pretend you’ll meditate through it. Truckfighters don’t ease you back in. They... more »
Approaching Doom Review: Monsternaut’s Slow-Motion Avalanche (On Purpose)
Approaching Doom is a dense, immersive album that demands patience, offering a slow-burning weight rooted in sludge and doom metal with a focus on atmosphere rather than immediate impact.... more »
Pain Travels Review: Love Rarely Turn Trauma Into a Loud House Fire
Pain Travels turns Love Rarely’s self-produced chaos into sharp hooks and sharper feelings—post-hardcore that wants healing, not permission. Debut albums usually sound like somebody... more »