Cursive
Mama, I’m Swollen
Saddle Creek
8/10
From the chaotic “In the Now” to the minimalistic “Donkey,” Tim Kasher’s more popular project continues in a v... Read More...
Seamonster
The Ascension of Archibald Balloonhead
Gold Robot/Elephant 6
8/10
Artist Todd Webb’s newest release under his musical moniker Seamonster contin... Read More...
Eli “Paperboy” Reed and The True Loves
Ace Of Spades EP/7”
Q Division/Virgin Records
9/10
In my time parading around as a “journalist,” I have become spo... Read More...
Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves
Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves
No Idea Records
8/10
Chris Wollard, guitarist for Hot Water Music, takes a break fro... Read More...
Fastball
Little White Lies
8/10
I don’t know if this album makes me feel reminiscent or simply old. Fun, catchy guitar riffs, songs about missing girls, an... Read More...
The Hold Steady
A Positive Rage
Vagrant Records
10/10
Well, it’s about time. I was wondering when my ear’s balls were going to drop. It took 17 tracks of ba... Read More...
The Customer is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles
Edited by Jeff Martin
Soft Skull Press
9/10
As I have been a retail employee for the last decade, I r... Read More...
Blind Pilot
With Loch Lomond and Grizzly Circus
Live at the Casbah
8/10
I used to live in San Diego, but any dude who was over 21 when his girl wasn’t kno... Read More...
School Boy Humor
School Boy Humor
Vagrant Records
2/10
Oh, jeeeeesus. Please stop. How are these guys on the same label that hosted such bad-assery as Alk... Read More...
One Eyed Monster
Liberation Entertainment
9/10
Here’s what I think happened: the writer and his wife decide to “spice up” their lovelife and rent an “adul... Read More...
This is one of many interviews I just found after believing them to be lost forever- I had assumed that my tape recorder had freaked out and deleted them all. A... Read More...
Well, on top of all of our pessimistic views on music, and our often irreverent, though sometime enlightening interviews, we here at Racket want to continue bra... Read More...
I had one of those hometowns that are frequently used as locations in romantic comedies: quaint, low crime rate, boring. Everyone knows everyone, everyone knows... Read More...
The Ergs
That’s It, Bye
Don Giovanni Records
10/10
Add Jersey punks The Ergs to the list of bands I find out about far too late. The Fest staples finished... Read More...
Irepress
Sol Eye Sea I
Translation Loss Records
8/10
Holy fuck. I’ve never been interested in words like “post-metal” or progressive anything, but Irepres... Read More...
