Robyn L. Sandak

Bartees Strange on Making Music He Wants to Hear (and Letting Go of the Rest)

Bartees Strange is having quite a year. Heaps of critical praise, commercial attention, and vocal fandom have been directed at Bartees and his two 2020 releases: Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy, a deft reinterpretation of ten songs by The National, and Live Forever, a...
DigiTech FreqOut Review

DigiTech FreqOut Review

Other than having an expensive sustainer system installed in a guitar, or an EBow, there’s really...

Vinyl of the Month: The Groggs

VINYL OF THE MONTH The Groggs 3D Santa Cruz, CA “Taking garage into the third dimension” The Groggs are a garage rock trio named after a local liquor store (The Grog Shop). Their debut 7-inch is...

Record Review: Gold-Bears

Gold-Bears Are You Falling In Love? Atlanta, GA “Noisy, jangly love songs” On the surface, noise pop could represent the aural equivalent of pushing a square peg into a round hole, an oxymoron of...

Record Review: The Felice Brothers

The Felice Brothers Celebration, Florida New York, NY “Catskill commodity” The Felice Brothers have found a way to think outside of the folk music box, and their new album Celebration, Florida is...

Record Review: Diego Garcia

Diego Garcia Laura New York, NY “The best love album of the year” New York City’s Elefant made a name for itself with great pop songs and good-looking musicians in the early to mid-2000s. Now...

Record Review: Deep Dark Robot

Deep Dark Robot 8 Songs About A Girl Los Angeles, CA “The screaming angst of every breakup” Linda Perry’s latest endeavor, Deep Dark Robot, has just released their debut 8 Songs About A Girl and...

Record Review: Dag för Dag

Dag för Dag Boo Stockholm, Sweden “Wanderlust from Stockholm’s nomads” Dag för Dag are a brother and sister with a penchant, maybe even a pedigree, for wanderlust. Siblings Sarah and Jacob Snavely...

Record Review: Corner Kid

Corner Kid Atlas, at Last! Atlanta, GA “Jaw dropping, stirring debut” Corner Kid brings his musical art to the forefront, lifting off to higher stratospheres with his debut full-length, Atlas, at...

Record Review: The Clutters

The Clutters Breaking Bones Nashville, TN “Grungy but pretty” If you’re one of those people who’s constantly looking for a garage-rock band with crazy power chords, octave pedals, rugged vocals and...