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! this week, we’re gonna look at the studio record that the Mountain Goats were working on as the pandemic lockdown began, which was released later that year – Getting Into Knives. Corsican Mastiff Stride is an odd song[…]↓ 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! today we’re taking a look at the Mountain Goat’s 15th full studio record, Beat the Champ. this record was released in 2015, and is heavily themed on professional wrestling and fighting. let’s check it out! up first is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! the weekly record this week is 1971 record Fragile by prog rock band Yes – let’s check it out! JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure turned Roundabout into a bit of a meme song, but legit this whips. the part at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today, we’re taking a look at Fishbone’s 3rd full length record, The Reality of My Surroundings, released in 1991! Fight the Youth has a really interesting, heavier intro, between the percussion and guitar stylings,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! we return to our journey through the Mountain Goats discography with their other 2002 record, Tallahassee. as i mentioned in the All Hail West Texas review, that is viewed as kind of the end of an era, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! today’s music review is of Room 41, the 2019 record from Texan singer Paul Cauthen. let’s dig in! Holy Ghost Fire contrasts a lil bit of religious imagery with a philanderer and conman, and the result is a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week for the weekly review, we’re taking a look at Class of Cardinal Sin, released in 2020 by New York-based artist Covey. the structure of this review’s gonna be a tad different than normal, as i think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! next up on the schedule is the first release from New York band Mephiskapheles! i think i’ve heard one or two songs by them before, but by and large this is my introduction to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…