by Casey Gallenberger | May 9, 2025 | Lists!
There are a handful of bands whose emotional songs feel even more intense in this respect due to their untimely demises. It’s a weird experience listening to an album, realizing the group was really onto something, and then finding out that they never got the...
by Casey Gallenberger | May 8, 2025 | Album Reviews
Can You Keep a Secret? is the enticing title of Diva Bleach’s newest release. But if the secret is the band themselves, unfortunately my lips are running. From the opening notes of “Obsessed,” memories of Avril Lavigne, Paramore, and Flyleaf all come...
by Casey Gallenberger | May 3, 2025 | Album Reviews
The combination of folk and electronic music isn’t exactly new (I remember discovering Circulus’s “My Body is Made of Sunlight” as a teen and seeing them dressed up in Ren faire garb), but doing it tastefully is tricky. Judah and the Lion...
by Casey Gallenberger | May 3, 2025 | Album Reviews
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Why not? If we actually took this adage seriously, we’d have far more coverless books and records like Periphery’s Clear album hitting the shelves. Maybe it’s the graphic designer in me that can’t help but...
by Casey Gallenberger | Apr 30, 2025 | Album Reviews
What’s in a label? The press kit for This Time of Year by Chicago’s Truth or Consequences New Mexico (confusing, I know) described them primarily as alt-country. It was certainly enough to grab my interest. But as I listened to “Honey, We’re in...
