Let’s get this out of the way: Thunderbird Café was an amazing introduction to the city of Pittsburgh. While I certainly ate my share of pierogis and Primanti ... Read More...
On the heels of his debut self-titled album release, Windser sat down with Racket to talk about everything from creative breakthroughs and gear geekery to oyst... Read More...
Look, sometimes life gets busy, and I end up with a backlog of albums to review. When times get tough, I get stupid. That’s when we end up with another edition... Read More...
Windser’s self-titled debut is an emotional contradiction. It’s an album that somehow makes themes like abandonment and hope sound both therapeutic and undenia... Read More...
“If my version of joy in 2025 is creating more places to escape, then I’m happy to be doing it.” — Mike Bennett
It’s not every day you get to speak to... Read More...
I grew up in a house that was basically a Jeff Foxworthy comedy show. Not a setup. Not a single punchline. The whole fucking show. We had more cars that di... Read More...
Now, I love The Head and the Heart. Sure, they are campfire songs/granola/road trip vibes manifested into a band, but I’m here for it. Obviously, I am a very s... Read More...
Some albums are good. Bhangra Rangeela RULES. Red Baraat, a NYC-based South Asian brass party band, comes back with a genre-smashing record that had my 5... Read More...
People love to say that you get more conservative as you get older. In my experience? That’s been complete and utter bullshit. What has surprised me, though, i... Read More...
Racket is no stranger to Mark Fredson, having interviewed him SIXTEEN years ago! His new record, The Company Man, is definitely the result of the additional so... Read More...
On March 23, Portland’s Revolution Hall hosted a night that spanned both ends of the live spectrum—intimate minimalism and grand, layered arrangements—each anc... Read More...
If Quentin Tarantino ever decides to make a spaghetti Western set in Bangkok, Salin’s Rammana is calling dibs on being the soundtrack. This album is a Tarantin... Read More...
In 2022, Spotify Unwrapped listed “stomp and holler” as my 5th most listened to genre. I was confused, as I never heard that phrase. After looking into it, I w... Read More...
Not only did I get to see Lucero for the first time in fourteen years, I got to see my buddy Thom for the first time in just as long. And few bands are as perf... Read More...
The Cure’s Songs of a Lost World feels less like an album and more like an atmospheric soundtrack to films that only exist in Robert Smith’s mind. These songs ... Read More...
If you know GWAR (which you fucking should), you know a show with them isn’t for the faint of heart, and the Portland stop of the Stoned Age tour was no except... Read More...
