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Album Review: The Armed – The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed

John Amen·August 6, 2025

The Armed’s early albums, notably 2015’s Untitled, explored a punk/hardcore meld and leaned toward math-y/prog-y instrumental breaks. With...

Allen Hale·July 31, 2025

Drag City has long been home to present-day troubadours chronicling the dusty crevices of America’s physical and psychic...

John Amen·July 30, 2025

Ryan Davis is of the proliferative bent, his lyrical MO part of a long and important legacy: Dylan,...

Ray Finlayson·July 29, 2025

Vines makes music that is made for misty days. It’s always just a little bit in the distance,...

Mary Chiney·July 28, 2025

More than 25 years after it was first whispered about in fan circles and record label hallways, the...

Ray Finlayson·July 28, 2025

If Merpire (aka Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt) used her debut album Simulation Ride as a means of exploring her vulnerabilities...

The cross-pollination of black hood narratives and the avant-garde that was born in the 90s is a curious...

Ray Finlayson·July 23, 2025

On their 2022 self-titled debut, Wet Leg opened with a track that compared being in love to a...

Carlo Thomas·July 22, 2025

Fifteen years ago, the Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Alex G was uploading albums to Bandcamp. A lot has happened since...

John Amen·July 21, 2025

Most reviewers who’ve been at it for a while have a list of artists who remain elusive to...