You know what, usually when I go to a show to review, I try to get an idea of the sound, the atmosphere, yadda yadda yadda, but this time around, I really focu... Read More...
ZOCOLUMANISTA IZ3 Records3/10
Does Eurovision have B-sides of all their uninspired rock? No, thank you, ZOCO, I’m good.
From the start, I have a bo... Read More...
The Academy Is…Almost ThereI Surrender Records7/10
This year, I am celebrating 21 years of leading Racket’s cadre of music lovers/”journalists”. The Aca... Read More...
Racket got a looooot of press releases for releases of singles off of upcoming albums. And I had the stupid ass idea that a single song deserves a single image... Read More...
The ColourfliesHoneydripperGrindEthos Record8/10The Colourflies hit me up about a review a couple months back, but I was busy flying high on prescription n... Read More...
Photo by Clara Balzary
There are not a whole lot of hills I’m willing to die on, but I have a few:
600-person venues are the ideal size.Band names should... Read More...
Last December, I lost a dear friend and I couldn’t even say goodbye. That friend? The Chain Reaction. An all ages venues whose website was literally allages.co... Read More...
I first heard of Atmosphere in 2003 like I often did back then; from my buddy Adam. He was the same dude who ripped me my first CD in Y2K when I didn’t even kn... Read More...
So, at the ripe old age of forty fucking four, I had a hip replacement. Two days into being a cyborg, I can tell you two things: - Modern hip replacement surge... Read More...
When I requested this show, I thought it would be a great night for emo 2000s nostalgia. The Roxian Theatre is easily one of my favorite venues in Pittsburgh d... Read More...
Illuminati Hotties opened for Jack's Mannequin on the Made For Each Other tour at The Warfield in San Francisco on Nov. 21. Check out the review HERE and the p... Read More...
Few bands seem to truly understand what the people (me, specifically) want from a setlist like Jack’s Mannequin or illuminati hotties, who opened the San F... Read More...
There’s a quiet sort of magic to Gregory Alan Isakov’s music — the kind that seems to hum in the air long after the final chord fades. On 24 October 2025, that... Read More...
After interviewing Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse, Norah Spades of The Vaudevillian reached out and wanted in on that hot Racket interview style. We shot the... Read More...
