by Alex Dye | Dec 17, 2021 | Album Reviews
There’s something tricky about writing end-of-the-year lists. If you do it too late, the thrill of reading lists and comparing them to your own experience is gone and nobody cares. We’ve already moved on to next year. If you do it too early, you run the risk of...
by Alex Dye | Nov 17, 2021 | Album Reviews
“I listened to…” is a sporadic series where contributors tackle a track-by-track review of an album that’s outside the normal scope of Tuned Up reviews but still might pique some of our reader’s interests. The title is tongue-in-cheek; we aren’t necessarily suggesting...
by Alex Dye | Nov 11, 2021 | Album Reviews
Kowloon Walled City, Oakland’s favorite little doom-cloud, are back after six years with their newest album Piecework, released by Neurot Recordings. This relentlessly bleak collection is the perfect soundtrack for the slide into another Winter in...
by Alex Dye | Oct 26, 2021 | Album Reviews
Review By Alex Dye “dusty beats for your trick-or-treats! 🎃 🦇 🕷””Haunted house party” bandcamp page Are you looking for the perfect soundtrack to your next Halloween party? Step aside John Carpenter, move over Vince Guaraldi. There’s a new classic in town....
by Alex Dye | Oct 26, 2021 | Album Reviews
Review by Alex Dye The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die (hereafter, TWIABP) emerged out of the emo-revival of the 2010’s alongside of other notable acts like The Hotelier, Tiny Moving Parts, and Modern Baseball. Whereas many of their...
