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...
by Casey Gallenberger | Apr 27, 2025 | Album Reviews
Hotel of the Laughing Tree’s story is one for the ages. The band forms from a group of friends, goes on to win a competition while in college, has a brief stint with a parasitic record label, undergoes several lineup changes, sees members move away, and...
