I Saved Latin
Various Artists
American Laundromat
8/10
Some sweet covers here.
They out-quirk’d Wes Anderson.
Solid set of jams.
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Atmosphere
Southsiders
Rhymesayers Entertainment
10/10
Can’t Stop Listening.
Slug and Ant should be my friends.
Thoughtful rap: best rap.
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Old Man Markley
Stupid Today
Fat Wreck Chords
8/10
YES! FIDDLE SOLO!
Bluegrass and Silver Bullet
Helluva hoedown.
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Bad Cop/Bad Cop
Boss Lady
Fat Wreck Chord
7/10
Don’t care that I’m old.
If I ever see this band,
I’ma mosh so hard.
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The Faint
Doom Abuse
SQE Music
8/10
I love the Faint, guys
This album sounds like Devo
On tons of downers
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Sinner Sinners
XI
Cadavra Records
8/10
Holy shit, you guys
The French learned how to fucking rock
What is “mosh” in French?
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The Hold Steady
Teeth Dreams
Washington Square/Razor & Tie
7/10
The best bar rock band
What I want to listen to
Sadly drinking scotch
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Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell
Check ‘Em Before You Wreck ‘Em
Rise Above Records
7/10
Wait, is this Skynard?
Well, that’s pretty surprising.
Southern rock glory.
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Thunderegg
C’mon Thunder
Self-released
5/10
What the fuck is this?
It’s more like “clear weather egg.”
I need a nap now.
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Eli “Paperboy” Reed
Nights Like These
Warner Bros. Records
8/10
Need soul in your life?
Eli’s your man, for sure
But, where’d the horns go?
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Twin Forks
Twin Forks LP
Dine Alone Records
6/10
The Dude from Dashboard
Jumped onto the tweed-rock train
Mandolin boner.
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Wild Cub
Youth
Mom + Pop Records
7/10
If he wasn’t dead
John Hughes could make a movie.
The soundtrack’s all done.
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Memphis May Fire
Unconditional
Rise Records
0/10
This isn’t that bad.
Oh, wait. He started screaming.
He won’t stop screaming.
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Bright Light Bright Light
I Wish We Were Leaving EP
Self Rising Records
5/10
I’m disappointed
No Gremlin references
Elton John’s here, though
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Cayetana
Hot Dad Calendar
Tiny Engines
8/10
Short, sweet, to the point
Much like a haiku, you guys
And you ladies, too
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Growing Up A Ghost
Do Something
Self-Released
7/10
It’s still weird to me
PunkNews became a genre
A really good one