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Reviews

REVIEW: Morgan Nagler - I've Got Nothing to Lose, and I'm Losing It

Mar 22 • Sunnyvale

REVIEW: Bruno Mars - The Romantic

Frictionless fun

Mar 19 • K Bowman

Quick-fire Roundup - February 2026

Short reviews for some of our favorite releases of the past month.

Mar 16 • gatekeep!, jesper, Hugh Puddle, Sunnyvale, and Nex

REVIEW: ERRA - silence outlives the earth

Two steps forward, a slight step back

Mar 7 • Ben Rosenberg

REVIEW: Kumo 99 - PULL!

LA breakbeat duo lower their sights on their latest LP, but the highs remain as vertiginous as ever.

Mar 6 • Hugh Puddle

REVIEW: Absent Ritual - The Cryptic Descent: A Compilation of Madness

Just a taste...

Mar 4 • Sunnyvale

An Album A Day... Logo

Well, would you look at that!

Mar 3 • Tyler White

REVIEW: Inner Wave - See You When I Get Back

Is it summer yet?

Feb 26 • Sunnyvale

Interviews

INTERVIEW: Poesie

A space for nature in pop? Music as a sanctuary for vanishing ideals? With her debut EP ready to launch, this London-based pop artist shares her…

Oct 1, 2025 • Hugh Puddle

Articles

Discog Diaries #1: ERRA

And so it begins...

Mar 4 • Ben Rosenberg

The Minutemen’s 3-Way Tie for Last, 40 years later

You don’t understand punk rock if you don’t like this album.

Jan 15 • Kerry Renshaw

A Conversation With Bello & Shem

Live from the rhyme scene

Oct 31, 2025 • Benjamin Jack

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