hello folks! this week for the Weekly Review, we’re checking out Devo’s 1982 record Oh No! It’s Devo – okay so right up front, you gotta know that Dare to be Stupid is my favorite Weird Al Yankovic song. the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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hey folks! we’re back with another review From the Vault, continuing the discography review of The Decemberists! this series of reviews covers the band’s whole discography, from 2003’s 5 Songs EP all the way to 2018’s Travelling On! this review[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! got a short release this week, with the Bosstones’ 1993 EP, Ska-Core, the Devil, and More. similarly to their last EP, Ska-Core opens with a future track: Someday I Suppose, a sort of prototype[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! today’s record has a very interesting story – just before the 2020 lockdowns for Covid, the band had been in the studio and John Darnielle had been reading The Last of the Pagans by Pierre Chuvin. he talked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week for the Weekly Review, we’re taking a look at 2009’s The Incident, from British rock band Porcupine Tree! i hadnt heard of Porcupine Tree before this album was recommended, so i definitely had to go check[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week, it’s the seventh record from Bad Manners, 1992’s Fat Sound: this record kicks off with a ska cover of Perez Prado’s Mambo No. 8 – really solid way to start things off[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hey folks! we’re back with another review From the Vault, continuing the discography review of The Decemberists! this series of reviews covers the band’s whole discography, from 2003’s 5 Songs EP all the way to 2018’s Travelling On! this review[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! today we’re gonna be taking a look at In League With Dragons, the 2019 record from the Mountain Goats! im not in love with Done Bleeding as an opener. i think id really prefer a track like Younger[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week we’re taking a look at the newest release from America’s Local Band, Cheekface: It’s Sorted. my household has been closely following the band since they broke out with Dry Heat/Nice Town, so this band is by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week, we’re taking a look at the fourth record from the Toasters: New York Fever, released in 1992! New York Fever, the title track and opener, is really excellent. the horn line[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…