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ALBUM OF THE WEEK (and maybe the year): Gladie – No Need To Be Lonely
No Need To Be Lonely -Gladie (Get Better Records) “Push Me Down”, the opening track on Gladie’s latest LP, No Need To Be Lonely starts off with just a single lo-fi guitar strum as Augusta Koch sings the lines “it keeps me humble, it keeps me weighted” before the 30nsecond mark when the rest of…
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: NEVER TURNS TO NIGHT – Bory
Never Turns To Night – Bory (Bleak Enterprise) Bory is the nom de plume of Portland, OR musician Brenden Ramirez who after moving to Portland and coming from a primarily jazz background found himself immersed in the city’s power pop scene spearheaded by Mo Troper. Ramirez found himself playing guitar in Troper’s touring band and…
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I HATE NEW MUSIC- Feb. 2026
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I HATE NEW MUSIC: New Songs From January 2026
I Hate New Music (2026-01) New releases from The Happy Somethings, Peter Gabriel, Railroad Earth, Billy Bragg, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Pernice, Gladie, Heavenly, Joyce Manor and many more.
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SONG OF THE DAY: Bruce Springsteen – Streets of Minneapolis
Fuck Ice
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: NO- Langkamer
NO – Langkamer (Breakfast Records) I first came to know the Bristol, UK band Langkamer from a couple of shows which I caught of theirs in 2024 when they were visiting NYC as part of the wonderful New Colossus Festival. Much to my cahgrin, they haven’t made thier way back to the States since then,…
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In Celebration Of Bobby Weir: Bushwick’s Dead & Friends Live at Brooklyn Bowl (2026-01-13)
In Celebration Of Bobby Weir: Bushwick’s Dead & Friends Live at Brooklyn Bowl (2026-01-13) I am an unabashed Dead Head dating back to my early teenage years. I fell in love with The Gratedul Dead the first time I heard the Skull and Roses album back in 1972(?). And although over the years I gravitated…
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: There’s A Light That I Will Never Have (The Interpretation Cultures)
There’s A Light That I Will Never Have – The Interpretation Cultures I’m not sure what it is about Indonesia, but they sure do love their Jangle Pop. The debut LP of original material from The Information Cultures is case in point. The Makassar, Indonesian band, which started out as a vehicle to perform jangly…
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SONG OF THE DAY: “Future Spring” (Gladie)
“Future Spring” – Gladie (Get Better Records) Everyone’s favorite Philadelphia indie punk band Gladie dropped their second single, “Future Spring” from their forthcoming album, Jeff Rosenstock produced, No Need To Be Lonely which will be out in March on Get Better Records, “Future Spring”, in Augusta “Gus” Koch’s words is a song about isolation and…
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 