As our series on hipsters comes to the end, we look at the history of the subculture- it’s past, its present, and its precarious future.Will they continue to do... Read More...
The National Rifle
Man Full of Trouble
Unsigned/self-released
7/10
The last thing anyone thinks of when they think of Philly is indie music. Seattle, mos... Read More...
C. Albritton Taylor, Donovan Leitch, Jim Rugg
One Model Nation
Image Comics
6/10
It’s rare for us here at Racket to review a graphic novel, let alone admi... Read More...
Josh Ottum
Like the Season
Cheap Lullaby Records
8/10
By all accounts, Josh Ottum is the quintessential come-from behind artist. No, really. He literall... Read More...
Curtains for You
What a Lovely Surprise to Wake up Here
Spark and Shine Records
7/10
There are two types of bands. The moody, highfalutin kind, obsessed ... Read More...
The story of Adam Marsland is the story of America. From humble beginnings as a teenager playing gigs at county fairs, to a successful-yet-tumultuous career in... Read More...
We’ve all seen their faces splashed on the TV sets smiling and smirking as though taunting us inferiors about our bourgeois desire to drive their Bentleys, live... Read More...
Disclaimer: Sorry for the delay. We’ve had a hard time finding people to talk to for our fourth installment of “Deck.” However we did find a trio o hipster-is... Read More...
By all accounts, Joel Allen Schroeder has few vices. Besides his love of filmmaking- a pursuit which has landed the Minnesota resident in Hollywood after a sti... Read More...
Ryan Sollee is not the typical American rock star. Born and raised in the cold, moose-populated environs of Alaska, the former punk rocker, marine biologist, a... Read More...
Mean Creek
The Sky (Or the Underground)
Old Flame Records
8/10
The quartet, known as Mean Creek aren’t exactly pussies. In a space of a year and a half, th... Read More...
Dappled Cities
Zounds
Dangerbird Records/ Speak N’Spiel
9/10
Australia is known for two things: Vegemite and Men at Work. Soon to be three, actually, thank... Read More...
Frankel
Anonymity is the New Fame
Autumn Tone
8/10
By day, Michael Orendy is just another regular, working class musician, playing in bands, moonlighting in... Read More...
Danny Ross
One Way
Self-published
8/10
Think Danny Ross, and you think Brooklyn (or, at the very least, lower Manhattan). Since 2006, the native New Yorker... Read More...
