Episode #41 is live! Check out my drunken attempt to interview Michael Torres of @beerswithbandspod.bsky.social where we discuss his podcast, what albums he listens to on the way to work, and where to get a mac 'n cheese chicken shawarma in the Twin Cities. open.spotify.com/episode/3VlU...

Wrote about the witchy vibes of Castle's Evil Remains. Out on Hammerheart Records thasound.blogspot.com/2026/03/albu...

Did a chat with @cheem.bsky.social ! Skye answered my questions about their new album Power Move, their secret influences, favorite albums from the turn of the Millennium, and why you should support @lonelyghostrecords.com thasound.blogspot.com/2026/03/inte...

Wrote about the heavy sounds and revelations of Monolord's Your Time To Shine. Out on Relapse Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/03/albu...

Wrote about 紅髮少年殺人事件's Brutal Girl Delusion. It's really good. So good. Primo stuff. Out on SmallAnimalsRecords. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/03/albu...

Went back for an old favorite from the annals of the metal menagerie. Read my review of Beastmaker's LP Inside the Skull. Out on Rise Above Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/03/albu...

Wrote about canekzapata's curated hyperjazz concoction the consensus isn't dead, it just smells jazzy. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/03/albu...

Episode 40 is live! Check out of your mundane existence by checking out this interview with experimental sound artist Cocojoey and get a glimpse into their inner universe as well as some insights into their latest LP Stars- out on Hausu Mountain. open.spotify.com/episode/6ZxV...

Wrote about Booze Control's Forgotten Land to kick off March. Get ready to crush some cans (of la croix) and some skulls! thasound.blogspot.com/2026/03/albu...

Wrote about fallingwithscissors's EP the death and birth of an angel. A cybernetic doll on a war path. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/02/albu...

Wrote about and disambiguated the psychedelic charm of No Soy Bill Murray and their LP Error Fatal Inferno. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/02/albu...

Wrote about Fulu Miziki's landfill survivor sound on their second EP Mokano. Out on Moshi Moshi Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/02/albu...

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Wrote a little redux review of Summer Cannibals's Can't Tell Me No. Out on Tiny Engines. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/02/albu...

Wrote about the fractured luster of Coffret de Bijoux's my limbs are not mine. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/02/albu...

Wrote about instrumental soul crew Ikebe Shakedown and their LP Kings Left Behind. Out on Coalmine Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/02/albu...

Wrote about the boundless engery of DJ Ramon Sucesso's Sexta dos Crias 2.0. Out on Lugar Alto. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/01/albu...

Wrote about an older psychedelic album that I like quite a bit. Read my review of Dream Machine's The Illusion. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/01/albu...

Wrote about Opal Vessel's dark ambient and black hole cascade, Flesh Grinder. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/01/albu...

Wrote about an old emo record that I have some affinity for. Read my thoughts on Cerberus Shoal's self-titled. Reissued by Temporary Residence Ltd. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/01/albu...

Wrote about the twisted inspirations and blurry reflections of Boko Yout' Gusto. Out on Hoopdiggas Recordings. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/01/albu...

Wrote about the Palenque folk group Sexteto Tabalá. Their LP Reyes del Son Palenquero is out on Palenque Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/01/albu...

Wrote about Venezuelan dream-pop group Bucle Lunar's LP ¿Qué pasó en Medellín?. Out on Summerblue Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/01/albu...

Wrote a short retrospective on 1349's 2014 LP Massive Cauldron of Chaos. Out on Season of Mist. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/01/albu...

Ep. #39 is live! To put a lid on the dumpster fire of 2025 I chatted with Dan and Pat of @post-trash.bsky.social about some of our favorite albums of the past year. Check out the interview and read Post-Trash! open.spotify.com/episode/20qL...

Wrote about the return of fusion music and its implications as I reflected on trndytrndy's Virtua EP. thasound.blogspot.com/2026/01/albu...

Every year I write a collection of reviews for albums that I hadn't gotten around to covering in the preceding 12 months, and post them in one big celebratory post I've dubbed my yearly Invitational. Check it out and see what you missed in 2025! thasound.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...

Hey @amerrill2.bsky.social! I hope you don't mind me asking you publicly, but do you have any favorite albums from 2025?

Episode #38 is live! I had a phone call with Terry of garage/punk group Why Bother? where he answered all my questions- even some I didn't ask. Their latest LP Case Studies is out on Feel It Records. open.spotify.com/episode/06IG...

Wrote about the delirious sorrow of post-hardcore band Post Heaven's The Space That's In Between. Out on Greyscale Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

Wrote about the slick electro-mashup of Recovery Girl's Nausea Rave EP. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

Wrote about a record I've managed to cling to from a bygone era. Read my review of California X's Nights in the Dark. Out on Don Giovanni Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

Wrote about the haunting catharsis of Ratstation's Sisyphus Happy. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

Wrote a short retrospective on the artful death-sludge of Like Rats and their LP Death Monolith. Out via Hibernation Release. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

Wrote about the corrupted valor of Cryptic Sermon's The Stygian Rose. Out on Dark Descent Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

Wrote about Chase USA's Child Rebel Soldier. A quite focused EP from an increasingly dynamic artist. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

Check it out! I have an interview with Ben from @scarletstreet.co up on the blog, along with a track-by-track breakdown of their record No Alternative out on We're Trying Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/11/inte...

Episode # 37 of this blog's podcast is live! Check out my interview with North America's only digitally native marsupial, Milkypossum. Her musical output is a virtually boundless cascade of possibilities, just waiting for you to burrow in and make yourself at home. open.spotify.com/episode/5qQN...

Wrote about the very silly underground metal album that everyone is talking about because it's actually very, very good. Check out my review of Kuryong's Summoning of Paektu. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Wrote about Abriction's Forbidden Bounds and a recent encounter I had with a doomed soul. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Hey! I interviewed Harisson from Armbite and now it's up on my blog along with a track-by-track breakdown of the band's new album Dawg Rock Vol. 1, out via We're Trying Records. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/inte...

It's alive! ⚡🧟 Episode #36 is here and ready to infect you with boogie fever just in time for your next monster mash! Check out my interview with Montreal-based psych and funk artist Oliver Ghoul. open.spotify.com/episode/02Td...

Wrote about the ever-present echo of Baba Commandant on his third and final record Sonbonbela. Out on Sublime Frequencies. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Wrote about the mane of dark revelations posed by Gaahls WYRD's Braiding The Stories. Out on Season of Mist. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Wrote about some bebop I like. Read my review of Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore's After Caroline. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Wrote about what I believe @ttb.bsky.social and their album Beautiful Extension Cord deserve in a better timeline than our own. Out on Disposable America. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Wrote a review of an old favorite- Chicago's No Men and their debut Dear God, Bring the Doom. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Episode 35 is up! @superdestroyer.diysky.xyz and @phoneswithchords.bsky.social did a collab EP called Surrealist Love Songs, an emo-beat space odyssey in search of a brighter future. Not so much an interview as the guys just catching up, but it's still a good time. open.spotify.com/episode/7Gy8...

Wrote about some splashy, fun breakbeats. Read my review of Seabomb's Dolphin Chamber. thasound.blogspot.com/2025/09/albu...

Took a look back at SickOnes 2018 EP Find Energy for the blog. It's a little sad that this is probably going to be the last thing we see from them, but what a way to cement their legacy! thasound.blogspot.com/2025/09/albu...