Category: Record Revue
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Record Revue: Winston Liv – Joan of Snark
Winston Liv galvanizes “thinking you’re destined for greatness and also thinking you’re worthless” through stained glass on their debut album. Joan of Snark, a reference to the iconic tragic figure Joan of Arc, turns the wheels of coming of age and learning identity through heartache, the difficult transition into adulthood, and how human beings carry…
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Record Revue: Paper Comet – Paper Comet
Kelly Dunham Schneider, known professionally as Paper Comet, drenches her new self-titled EP with hope and resilience. “Neither one of us can do it on our own,” she coos between layers of cosmic dust in the opener “Manual Drive.” Its pitter-patter heartbeat drives every one of our lives ahead into the blinding sun hovering on…
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Record Revue: Orange Oak – almost, I thought to myself
Filippa Frisell and Erik Olsson carve tremendous sorrow into life’s coarse bark. Even when they’re offering olive branches of hope, there’s an unshakable heaviness flowing through their musical grooves. Together, the Swedish singers and songwriters form Orange Oak, and their debut EP feels like they’ve taken a literal wood engraver and left their mark for…
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Record Revue: Damon Brock – Keep On EP
Damon Brock roots around in his life for songwriting inspiration. Whether it’s finding hope and resilience in his wife or the grief coursing through his veins after his father’s death, he funnels crucial life pillars into his brand-new EP. Keep On is a celebration of life, love, and passion in all their forms. A relationship…
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Record Revue: Nogonomas! – Work EP
Nogonomas!‘s “Sorry” falls like fresh teardrops upon a polished hardwood floor. Crystalline shapes tumble, crash, and scatter. It’s the kind of career-defining song that showcases an artist’s sterling talents. “Didn’t have a whole lot of options / I wished for love / I guess I wished for this / Should have listened when the grifter…
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Record Revue: Bunny X – Love on a High Floor
Movies, TV, and music are all about nostalgia these days. And it’s easy to see why. In 2026, it’s very difficult to be human. We turn to the comfort art of our youth to cope with the present and find our happy place. With their third album, Love on a High Floor, indie duo Bunny…
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Record Revue: Tara Craig – I’ve Been Looking for You EP
The cover art for Tara Craig‘s forthcoming EP, I’ve Been Looking for You, shows a crackling, roaring campfire in the desert. A group of people can be seen as faint, ghost-like figures in the background. It’s right after dusk. The sun has grown cold in the sky and vanished over the horizon. All that’s left…
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Record Revue: Brent Funkhouser – Homegrown
A whole world can change in five years. Since his 2021 studio record, Americana singer-songwriter Brent Funkhouser witnessed his world shapeshift and expand in surprising ways. His art sprouted wings and took off on its own, too. It was an unexpected twist, but Funkhouser embraced it. With his brand-new record, Homegrown, the musician gathers songs…
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Record Revue: Bird – Held Here Together
Bird haunts like a ghost trapped in purgatory. That’s most evident right from the start in “The Film,” a stormy, reflective ode that could soundtrack a disastrously somber story about death and the outward rattle of the afterlife. “It’s like that when you hurt someone,” she whispers through windswept lace curtains. Both a fragility and…
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Record Revue: CJ Sooy – Is Anything Real
CJ Sooy‘s debut EP, Is Anything Real, feels like one of those dusty, scrappy cassette tapes that had to be hidden from strict, overbearing parents. Dripping in influences (Oasis and Goo Goo Dolls, the most obvious ones), the five-track project switches between static-y alt-rock radio stations but carries Sooy’s signature voice ringing in your ears.…
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Record Revue: Ryan Rickenbach – Sirens
There’s something about a voice that slaps you across the face when you first hear it. Ryan Rickenbach crashes like a wrecking ball into the eardrums. When his voice swings into the opening song, “Bad Man,” particularly when he lilts into his falsetto, he hooks into the part of the brain that stores melodies. That’s…
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Record Revue: Dakoda Rollins – 288 Troubadour EP
The moment the twang dips into “This Ain’t My First (Rodeo),” you know Dakoda Rollins isn’t messing around. The song fuels his new EP, 288 Troubadour, a high-voltage record that’s equally hooked to the past as it is to the present. Rollins owes a lot to ’90s folks such as Clint Black and Trace Adkins,…
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Pride 2026: LOYD – FRESH MEAT
For Pride Month 2026, B-Sides & Badlands is raising money for The Trevor Project. Our celebration of queerness features interviews with filmmakers and artists, reviews of queer horror and albums, and queer essays. Donate here. “Don’t you want a slice of me?” LOYD curls his tongue. The very last line of the title track to his new…
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Record Revue: The Nth Power – Never Alone
In 2026, we’ve landed in the bad timeline. With executive orders flying off the president’s desk faster than he scarfs down a bag of Cheetos, we’ve lost the plot and lost deep compassion for one another. That’s where soul-pop band The Nth Power comes in. Their fourth album, Never Alone, certainly lives up to its…
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Record Revue: Lena Fjortoft – Strange Light
The way Lena Fjortoft sings feels earth-shattering. Her voice blows like reeds in a field, light but piercing. With her first solo record, Strange Light, she cuts through the static electricity with the voltage of 1,000 television sets being tossed into the ocean. Songs like “Violets” and the jangly “Bell Jar” rise and fall with…
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