Wasn't 2021 supposed to be better than 2020?  I mean, it might have been a little bit, but in general it was another year of chaos and u...

 I'm going to take a few days and relax.  I'll have my Absolute Best of 2021 up on New Year's Eve, but aside from that, I'll...

Chopped Herring (2020) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a littl...

One Little Independent (2021) It's very difficult to write about this Dan Sartain record without delving into the extremely unfortunate ...

Please forgive the carpet wrinkle, having cats that like to claw is a challenge It seems somewhat inconceivable to me that I put this websit...

Capitol / Grand Royal (2009, Reissue) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll t...

Big Neck (2021) Just got a pile of records in the mail from Big Neck.  Two LPs and EIGHT cassettes.  It'll definitely take me a bit to g...

Beach Impediment (2021) Here comes another late contender for best records of the year lists.  Gentleman Jesse hasn't had a new album si...

De Rap Winkel / Fat Flava (2021) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to wri...

Bloated Kat / Brassneck / All In / Horn & Hoof / Kezy P (2021) OK, it looks like everyone waited until the end of the year to start putt...

Def Jam (2014, Reissue) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a litt...

Snappy Little Numbers (2021) I am thrilled to see a new Friends of Cesar Romero album, and I'm even more excited that it's a CD and ...

Eastwest (1992) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a little bit a...

Snappy Little Numbers (2021) This is a neat little thing.  A paper zine.  Talk about a throwback to the 90s.  While I know they are kicking ...

Snuffy Smile (1996) There aren't many Snuff Smile records that I don't have.  At this point it's mostly a handful of super early...

Music On Vinyl (2017, Reissue) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write...

Swami (2021) Every time I write about a live album (which, admittedly isn't very often) I always add in the disclaimer that I really don...

1-2-3-4 Go! (2021, Reissue) Another day, another 90s reissue to write about.  I've said it before, but I feel like those are the only ki...

Tommy Boy (2021, Reissue) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a li...

Universal/Stolkholm (2019, Reissue) Last week I wrote about the Cardigans' record Life, which I kind of bought by mistake as I forgot th...

Spartan (2021, Reissue) I feel like all I've been doing this year is buying reissues of old albums.  It's been dire for new releases...

Vinyl Me Please (2021, Reissue) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to writ...

Stockholm (2019, Reissue) The Cardigans were one of those bands in the 90s that I liked, but for whatever reason it felt like doing so was s...

Real Gone Music (2021) This is, of course, the companion piece to Vol. 1, which came out back in 2019.  With the release of this double LP, ...

90s Tapes (2019) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a little bit ...

Merge (2014, Reissue) While I have had all of my favorite Superchunk full lengths on vinyl for quite some time, there are a few records that...

Waterslide (2021) I really needed to listen to something like this.  Piggies hail from Japan and have been kicking around for over twenty y...

Brick (2013) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a little bit abou...

Vagrant (2021, Reissue) This is the companion post to last week's Group Sounds review.  As part of the Vagrant Records twenty fifth birt...

Sounds Rad (2021) This is the final volume of the Mr. T. Experience Shards project, wherein they compiled all of the weirdo non-album songs ...

Ruthless / Priority (2007, Reissue) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to ...

Vagrant (2021, Reissue) For Vagrant Records' twenty-fifth anniversary, they are rereleasing some records from their catalog.  To say tha...

SP Records (2019) This 7" was meant to be a precursor to the excellent Reverse full length album Empty Spaces.  Of course, I am now wri...

Columbia / Ruff House (2013, Reissue) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll t...

Dirt Cult (2021) I have written several times about the dearth of new records in 2021.  There have been so few albums that have caught my in...

Snappy Little Numbers / Brassneck / Keep It A Secret / Shield (2021) I don't see as many split singles these days as I did in the 90s, b...

Music On Vinyl (2017, Reissue) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write...

Superdrag Sound Laboratories (2021, Reissue) Superdrag is a band that I have always liked.  Ever since the first time I heard the song ...

Imomushi (2010) I have had three Crump 7"s for about fifteen years now.  All three of them came out on Snuffy Smiles and I dug them all...

90s Tapes (2021) Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a little bit ...

Snappy Little Numbers (2021) I've written more than a few times that live records are not typically my thing.  Even for bands that I lov...