We’re living through a bit of an americana renaissance within the alternative music scene. Popular independent artists lean more on traditional structures and country elements every year (think Slow Pulp’s “Yard”, most of Faye Webster’s and Big Thief’s catalogs). While Ryan Beatty is reaching the trend late, he leans much further into americana stylings on […]
Album Review: ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ by Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrgio’s third full-length album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love is trying to do a lot of things. Fortunately for the 23-year-old songwriter, it achieves most of its aspirations quite well. The pop-punk stylings of her previous LPs, SOUR and GUTS, have been replaced with a blend of 1980s-worship and […]
Album Review: Ö by Fcukers
New York City duo Fcukers has been building a steady amount of buzz over the last couple of years. Their first EP was released in 2024, and in late 2025, they opened a long stretch of US shows for Tame Impala. On March 27, they released Ӧ, their debut album. Fcukers consists of vocalist Shanny Wise […]
Album Review: Forever Howlong by Black Country, New Road
Back in 2022, just mere days before Black Country, New Road garnered critical acclaim with their album Ants from Up There, lead vocalist Isaac Wood announced that he would be stepping away from the band. Wood cited declining mental health as the primary reason for his departure. His deep voice and spoken-word style of singing were […]
Album Review: SAYA by Saya Gray
The ambition tagged along with a prospective creative project is often short-lived. I, for one, have roughly a half-dozen sketchbooks filled a third of the way full, twenty books on my shelf that I have never read and a hundred songs that have been learned and subsequently forgotten on guitar. Prior to the release of […]
