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Music reviews
+7
Feb 20, 2026
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8 min read
Caught up (in a one-night tube of air): Laughing Hyenas, Here, Messthetics & Brandon James Lewis, Winged Wheel, Eternal Music Society
Feb 19, 2026
6 min read
Salve for the impatient: Slugfeast, Sexaphone, Badger Hunt and more
Feb 17, 2026
Bonus week at last: first of three newsletters, with Institute, Drop Nineteens, Van Goth and more
Feb 13, 2026
FREE edition abbreviated due to illness: Ulrika Spacek, OrOrOr, Dial Alaska. DEAL WITH ME!
Feb 11, 2026
10 min read
Live from Sick Bay: Huggy Bear, Roy Montgomery, Sunday Mourners, Tinned Meats, Geologist
Feb 6, 2026
Hustlin' hard: Picture, E.R. Jurken, Blood Cookie, Itchy and the Nits, Belgrado, Val Acton Loper, Bungee Jumpers
Feb 3, 2026
The onslaught begins: Cult Objects, GUV, Bitchin Bajas, Doe St, Barry Walker Jr.
Jan 29, 2026
General Strike Edition: VU and TV bootz
Jan 27, 2026
11 min read
Consider the order: Molasses, Life Expectancy, Hiraeth, Maxine Funke, The Drags
Jan 23, 2026
7 min read
Freeze 'em out! Smirk, Richard Youngs, Urlaub in Polen, YĪN YĪN and some Bay Area free rock spray
Jan 20, 2026
You picked a strange one: Jana Horn, Sternpost, The Austrasian Goat, Jacky Cougar, Bruce Russell
Jan 16, 2026
9 min read
Missing the changes: Celebrity Telethon, SAULT, Dry Cleaning, Plosivs, Human Hai
Jan 13, 2026
WE GET LETTERS: Church Car, Lavender & The Flu and more
Jan 9, 2026
Temper it: Emily Robb, Charles Tyler, Cemento, more
Jan 6, 2026
First reviews of a new year
Jan 2, 2026
15 min read
Finally, my top 10 of 2025
Dec 30, 2025
4 min read
One more to go
Dec 27, 2025
3 min read
Working up to the top 10
Movie reviews
+8
Dec 19, 2025
Switching back to new music reviews: Equipment Pointed Ankh, Ligament, and eight other hitters
Dec 16, 2025
17 min read
Really good list of records from 2025, and movies from earlier
Dec 12, 2025
IT CONTINUES: Australia / NZ / Tasmania, and 10 more film discoveries after the jump
Dec 9, 2025
12 min read
IT BEGINS
Dec 5, 2025
Tapes, news, etc.
Dec 2, 2025
5 min read
SML, Glyders, Midnight Mines
Nov 29, 2025
Contra hallway level hours: De La, Split Apex, more
