by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Dec 2, 2022 | Album Reviews
I often find myself taking for granted just how much smaller the internet has made the world. There are pockets of communities across the world that I should have no idea existed. For instance, there is a thriving shoegaze scene in Russia, with dozens of bands...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Dec 1, 2022 | Premieres
We are pleased to bring you the new music video for Smug Brothers’ single “Pablo Icarus.” The video puts a whimsical narrative to the bouncing, charming retro single, which will be on their new EP, Emerald Lemonade. The EP is out December 9th through...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Nov 30, 2022 | Album Reviews
Sometimes, two words can speak more than an essay. In this case specifically, those were the words “holy shit,” which dropped involuntarily from my lips around thirty seconds into the impossibly huge “Positive Greed,” the opening track from...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Nov 18, 2022 | Single Reviews
In a world beset by plenty of reasons to despair, hope is an act of rebellion. When the bastards try to get you down, optimism can be as violent as a brick through a shop window. That wide-eyed defiance is on full display on “CTRL.ALT.DEFEAT,” the latest...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Nov 16, 2022 | Album Reviews
Sometimes, I’ll open up a promo and be captured by a simple phrase. In the case of This is the Last Time, it was only three words: “sweeping instrumental metal.” I clicked play and was met with exactly what it said on the tin: a wordless, epic...
