8.6
Review: Russian Circles – Guidance (2016)
Russian Circles enter their second decade fully confident in what it is they do. Guidance shows a band “at the top of their game”…
Album Reviews
8.0
Review: Ty Segall – Emotional Mugger (2016)
Ty Segall has had another beautiful baby in album form – this time without a mommy, apparently. An abrasively noisey baby with a lot to…
7.6
Review: Midnight Reruns – Force of Nurture (2015)
Midnight Reruns’ sound is one that is compellingly carefree. The Milwaukee quartet creates songs perfect for soundtracking a roller-coaster ride, a Pete and Pete …
7.4
Review: Born Ruffians – RUFF (2015)
RUFF is the Born Ruffians fourth album and it documents a band channeling through the refusal, frustration, unrest and even some acceptance of becoming…
8.4
Review: Juiceboxxx – Heartland 99 (2015)
The first time I ever saw Juiceboxxx was at the now defunct Darling Hall in Milwaukee in 2006 (it was close to Conejito’s if…
8.2
Review: Django Django – Born Under Saturn (2015)
I deem myself lucky to have witnessed some of the very early days of Django Django surrounding the January 2012 release of their debut…
6.5
Review: Third Eye Blind – Dopamine (2015)
After years of prolonged and unfulfilled anticipation, Third Eye Blind finally releases their new album, Dopamine. It’s the San Francisco band’s first album since…
6.4
Review: Surgeons in Heat – Disaster (2015)
It is quite serendipitous that Milwaukee/Madison musician John Mayer has the name John Mayer. In his band Surgeons in Heat he has a strong…
6.0
Review: Hello Death – Remnants (2015)
“Sometimes all it takes to truly be great is that it’s not so bad as the last time that you tried.” Whether in an…