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Artist Interview: Teenage Superman Embraces Youthfulness While Defying Genre on 'endless innocence'

Michael Bless

Sep 169 min read

Artist Interview: Teenage Superman Embraces Youthfulness While Defying Genre on 'endless innocence'

On August 8th, 2024, Alex Lemmermann (AKA Teenage Superman) released his second record, endless innocence, an album that meshes a variety...

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EP Highlight: Big Fat Cow- Behold the Soil!

Michael Bless

Aug 143 min read

EP Highlight: Big Fat Cow- Behold the Soil!

There’s a certain charm about Big Fat Cow’s 2022 album Glutton For Punishment, the analog tape hiss that adorns each track, adding an...

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The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick- The Iliad and the Odyssey and the Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

Michael Bless

May 204 min read

The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick- The Iliad and the Odyssey and the Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

The Philly-based slowcore band has returned for their Sophomore release after a 3-and-a-half-year wait. Was it worth it? Spoilers: Yes it...

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Michael Bless

Feb 725 min read

Plastic Lizard's Top 50 Tracks of 2023

When you compile a list of 50 songs, you slowly start to see connections and make assumptions about people’s years and your year based on...

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Riskee & The Ridicule- Platinum Statue (Album Review)

Michael Bless

Sep 5, 20233 min read

Riskee & The Ridicule- Platinum Statue (Album Review)

A band at the top of the UK’s underground music scene, Grime Punk outfit Riskee & The Ridicule’s albums have been centered around the...

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Dobbeltgjenger- The Twins (Album Review)

Michael Bless

Mar 4, 20234 min read

Dobbeltgjenger- The Twins (Album Review)

The duality of one’s own mind is something that many can relate to. Often, people have days in which they struggle to get out of bed, and...

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Delivery- Forever Giving Handshakes (Album Review)

Michael Bless

Nov 30, 20223 min read

Delivery- Forever Giving Handshakes (Album Review)

On their debut album, Melbourne garage punk outfit, Delivery, sounds like a band that has been playing together for years. In reality,...

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Michael Bless

Aug 1, 20225 min read

Amos Pitsch- Acid Rain (Album Review)

The Midwest is bizarre. Its smaller cities, upon entrance, can often feel like taking a step back in time. Amos Pitsch is a creative in...

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Eliza & The Delusionals 'Give You Everything' on their latest single

Michael Bless

Mar 24, 20223 min read

Eliza & The Delusionals 'Give You Everything' on their latest single

There is a certain sound that is able to transport you back to a time that you never experienced, yet it sends you back to a simpler...

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Plastic Lizard's 21 Favorite Albums of 2021

Michael Bless

Jan 27, 202216 min read

Plastic Lizard's 21 Favorite Albums of 2021

2021 will mean a lot of different things to many different people. For me, as I look at 2021 in the future, it will represent a wave of...

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Michael Bless

Aug 24, 20213 min read

Sam Pine- Evergreen (Album Review)

Traversing your early 20’s can be an extremely difficult challenge for many. Caught between college and your first ‘professional’ job,...

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We Are Scientists release new track, 'Handshake Agreement'

Michael Bless

Aug 8, 20213 min read

We Are Scientists release new track, 'Handshake Agreement'

The year is 2011. A thirteen year old version of me is playing FIFA 11 on my XBOX 360 as I play hooky from school because my first...

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Michael Bless

Aug 4, 20214 min read

Poise- Vestiges (Album Review)

Grief hits people in a myriad of ways, whether it’s taking time away from the world that surrounds us, or getting stuck into a creative...

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Michael Bless

Jun 28, 20213 min read

Losers- EP01 (EP Review)

As artists, feeling burnt out with your creative output is something that is all too common. It can be difficult to continue a project...

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Charity Children Release New Single, 'We Loved', After Five Year Hiatus

Michael Bless

Mar 26, 20213 min read

Charity Children Release New Single, 'We Loved', After Five Year Hiatus

Life after the end of a romantic relationship seems to go one of two ways. For some people, the time of resentment towards the person...

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Michael Bless

Feb 10, 20213 min read

Meer- Playing House (Album Review)

The world of Progressive Rock music has always been something that has intrigued me, but has intimidated me for the longest of time. I’m...

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Michael Bless

Feb 1, 20213 min read

Evert Snyman- Hot Mess (Album Review)

On Hot Mess, Evert Snyman creates stoner psych rock caked in a layer of desert sand that can be thoughtful and also a little rough around...

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Adi-Keshet Cohen- Battleships (Album Review)

Michael Bless

Jan 26, 20213 min read

Adi-Keshet Cohen- Battleships (Album Review)

Some artists just have a knack when it comes to making music that sounds timeless and modern at the same time. On Israeli based...

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Vermont Punks, Pons, Release New Live Album: Bird and Boy

Michael Bless

Jan 2, 20213 min read

Vermont Punks, Pons, Release New Live Album: Bird and Boy

In a year where there was barely no live music to be found, Vermont based Post-Punk band Pons wanted to give their fans a little taste of...

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Soft Blue Shimmer- Heaven Inches Away (Album Review)

Michael Bless

Dec 6, 20204 min read

Soft Blue Shimmer- Heaven Inches Away (Album Review)

On their debut record, L.A. based dreamgaze band, Soft Blue shimmer, explore their chosen sound throughout 9 songs about the budding and...

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