Authors: Stakerized
![Review: Superchunk – I Hate Music](/uploads/303/7332-superchunk-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Superchunk – I Hate Music
It’s a quarter-century since founding the band and starting the Merge Records label, and their rapid-fire pop-punk hasn’t slowed down on this release. The unlikely ode to the Jamaican musician, producer and member of The Skatalites who passed away in 1990 should have been the sing-along pop radio staple of the year. But then, this sound doesn’t have a year—it’s just timeless. … read more
![Review: Stockholm Monsters – All At Once](/uploads/313/8669-stockholm_monsters_all_at_once-crop-396x396.jpg)
Review: Stockholm Monsters – All At Once
Stockholm Monsters = New Order + The Smiths – Morrissey … read more
![Review: Sir Richard Bishop – Tangier Sessions](/uploads/314/9219-sir-richard-bishop_tangier-sessions-crop-396x396.jpg)
Review: Sir Richard Bishop – Tangier Sessions
Sir Richard Bishop = Pentangle + Bonnie Prince Billy – Sun City Girls … read more
![Review: Six Organs of Admittance – Hexadic](/uploads/318/10051-sixorgansofadmittance_hexadic-crop-396x396.jpg)
Review: Six Organs of Admittance – Hexadic
Six Organs of Admittance = Sun City Girls + Comets on Fire – Magik Markers … read more
![Review: Sharp Practise – Steal With Pride](/uploads/309/8169-sharp-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Sharp Practise – Steal With Pride
Sharp Practise = REO Speedwagon + The Who – Little River Band … read more
![Review: Reigning Sound – Shattered](/uploads/311/8494-311%20reigning%20sound%20-%20shattered-crop-396x396.jpg)
Review: Reigning Sound – Shattered
Reigning Sound= Bob Dylan + The New Pornographers – Neko Case … read more
![Review: Ricked Wicky – I Sell the Circus](/uploads/316/9758-ricked%20wicky-crop-396x396.jpg)
Review: Ricked Wicky – I Sell the Circus
Ricked Wicky = Robert Pollard + Circus Devils – Guided By Voices … read more
![Review: Quasi – Mole City](/uploads/299/6584-quasi%20-%20mole%20city-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Quasi – Mole City
Rock n’ roll is about excess, not precision or scholastic adherence to tradition or, RockGods forbid, discipline. It does take some kind of discipline, or something, to make music with an ex-spouse, as do Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss of Quasi. … read more
![Review: Robert Pollard – Blazing Gentlemen](/uploads/300/6806-robert_pollard_blazing_gentlemen-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Robert Pollard – Blazing Gentlemen
Robert Pollard’s musical universe (and it is a universe—he’s written thousands of songs) often sounds like some alternate through-the-looking-glass world, resembling classic rock, with riffs and lyrical tropes that seem somehow familiar, but from some other far-off constellation. … read more
![Review: Plague Vendor – Free To Eat](/uploads/307/7933-plaguevendor-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Plague Vendor – Free To Eat
Review: Plague Vendor – Free To Eat … read more