Night Animal / Secret Pennies / Real Ghost (2018) New Junk City is a band that keeps randomly popping back into my life when I'm n...

On November 28th in 1978, the Blues Brothers album Briefcase Full of Blues was released.  Today marks forty years since this album came ...

Carpark (2018) I spent  a great deal of 2018 counting down the days until the new Cloud Nothings album was released.  Everything I rea...

Snappy Little Numbers (2018) I think this band has a silly name and although I'm not one that typically puts too much stock in a b...

Atlantic (2017) Over the next few months, I will be writing about each of the individual albums in the Otis Redding Definitive Studio ...

Waterslide (2017) Jamie 4 President is another project from Wild Animals singer/guitarist Jamie Ruiz Green.  I really think Wild Anima...

Night Animal (2018) I've been missing the band Rumspringer for years.  They were one of my favorite discoveries of the past ten ye...

Further Platonic (2017) I will have to admit up front that I am not familiar with the band Mainspring.  I bought this compilation CD b...

Sub Pop (2018) This week, I'm going to go through each of the four split 7"s that Sub Pop released as part of their SPF30 sin...

Sub Pop (2018) This week, I'm going to go through each of the four split 7"s that Sub Pop released as part of their SPF30 sin...

Sub Pop (2018) This week, I'm going to go through each of the four split 7"s that Sub Pop released as part of their SPF30 sin...

Sub Pop (2018) This week, I'm going to go through each of the four split 7"s that Sub Pop released as part of their SPF30 sin...

Atlantic (2017) As I continue to grow and document my collection of old soul records, I figured I would write up each of these Otis Re...

Anti-New Waves (2000) This compilation CD is one that I definitely picked up while I was in Japan.  In addition to the fact that it ha...

Goner (2018) The Carbonas are a band that I haven't really written about much as I had purchased the vast majority of their record...

Self Released (2016) I've mentioned a few times that I've been completely obsessed with The Pretty Flowers' full length Wh...

Domino (2010, Reissue) There are a few reasons I bought this Pavement reissue.  One is it is one of my favorite albums of all time.  T...

Telegram (1997) There will never be enough words in the English language to express how much I love Him Kerosene.  They are one of the...

Just Because (2018) I don't feel like I have anything particularly interesting to say about this album.  I like it.  It's got ...

Fixing A Hole (2017) I few weeks ago I wrote about another Headsparks album called Beastro.  This time out, we've got the band...

Stax / Rhino (2017, Reissue) I'm out of Wilson Pickett records for the time being, but I'm going to keep going through some ol...

1000% D.I.Y. (2018) As most people who bother reading this website know, I am pretty obsessed with Japanese pop punk bands.  They have...

Snappy Little Numbers / Anxious & Angry (2018) I've let this LP linger in the to-do pile a little longer than I probably shoul...

I had to go out to Costa Mesa, CA for work a couple weeks ago (it's looking like I'll be out there again soon as well).  Though I...

Sounds Rad (2018) This is the second of two LPs of Mr. T Experience songs that had no real home on any albums or EPs.  It will also be...

Just Because (2017) Part-Time Lover is a band I was not previously familiar with prior to Just Because sending me a copy of this 7...

Self Released (2017) Following up on the Big City EP that I wrote about yesterday, this self titled CD is the first full length releas...

Self Released (2016) This four song CD EP is one of two CDs that I have from Big City.  I will actually review the other one tomorrow,...

Atlantic (2014, Reissue) This is the last of the Wilson Pickett Reissues that I've added to the collection over the past year.  It...

Top Drawer (2018) I have been waiting for this 7" ever since I first got word that it was in the works many moons ago.  Having pr...

Waterslide (2018) Sometimes I don't know what's wrong with me.  I've been aware of Down And Outs for years and have always...

Top Shelf (2018) I've been waiting so very patiently for this new Clearance LP.  Ever since the band's debut album topped my 2...

Self Released (1997) Quite a while ago, my buddy Jim was downsizing his record collection and before he made the trip to the used reco...

Trace Of The Youth (2017) I haven't bought many records lately.  I recently moved into my first house and money is a bit tighter t...

Music On Vinyl (2014, Reissue) The Wicked Pickett along with The Exciting Wilson Pickett are the two albums that have the most songs t...

Narrow Gauge (2017) The Autumn are another in what seems like an endless list of great melodic punk rock bands from Japan.  This is ye...

Secret Mission (2018) This is the second 7" by Ruler that Secret Mission has sent over to me.  I'm really grateful that they ...

Big Neck (2017) This Fire Heads LP is my first exposure to this band, despite the fact that they've been going since 2012 under va...

Dirt Cult / Lost Cat (2018) Sideways is the second album by Hard Feelings, though it's the first I've heard from them.  It...

Self Released (2017) I was really excited when Kazu from Waterslide Records told me he had the 2 Sick Worry demo CD for me.  They were...

Punk Fox / Speedowax (2018) The first band on this split 7" is Deadcuts.  A band that I really feel like I should be listening to...

Waterslide (2017, Reissue) I feel like I've known the name of The Wimpy's for a really long time, but from what I can tell, I ...

Atlantic (2013, Reissue) This reissue of Wilson Pickett's first album for Atlantic came out a few years ago.  This particular vers...

All In Vinyl (2018) This split 7" finishes up the current All In Vinyl subscription series.  It took a little longer to get every...