Noah's Beat Box Hip Hop at Fifty By Noah Springer • January 9th, 2024 After stepping back from the contemporary, Noah reflects a bit more on the different eras of hip hop and what they mean to him.
Rookie of the Year Lana Del(’s) Rey By Matt Marrone • January 4th, 2024 The spirit of the Newport Folk Festival is all about the music, from the morning sets to the closers, not all about Lana.
First Quest: The Music By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • December 11th, 2023 There is always some new relic to haul up from the pits of the earth.
Casting Deep Meteo Grails Scores the Theater of the Mind By Levi Rubeck • December 8th, 2023 More than curtains cut for mood or ambience, Anches en Maat begs the listener to simmer in their own headspace for a while.
Beyond Structures World’s End Girlfriend Composes Requiems For The End of Days By Khee Hoon Chan • December 7th, 2023 The music of World’s End Girlfriend, thankfully, resists the dichotomy of heightened emotional stakes versus the subdued lull of post-rock. Thus his melodies hardly, if ever, collapse under their immensity.
Past Presence Jenny from Thebes Review By Emily Price • December 5th, 2023 Jenny from Thebes is trying harder than maybe any previous album to create a specific place, but it still feels unmoored, somewhere between Greece and Austin.
Noise Complaint On the Outside Looking Into Christian Hardcore By Ben Sailer • November 29th, 2023 Ben wonders what happened to all the Christian hardcore bands that once dominated VFW basements and Hot Topic shelves, and lands on a conclusion that reveals his own ignorance.
Noah's Beat Box Vamps – Otherwise By Noah Springer • November 9th, 2023 Repetition and transformation.
Casting Deep Meteo Indeed Forever By Levi Rubeck • October 5th, 2023 Pleasure Forever cut something fresh from the bones of punk without losing themselves in the theatre-kid treacle of cabaret core or acid-soaked psychedelic silliness.
Rookie of the Year The Newport Pork Festival By Matt Marrone • September 12th, 2023 Matt joins the 10-Timers Club at the Newport Folk Festival and is rewarded with a tasty treat.
