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Just before a short break, a new post to celebrate 2025 is out with some end-of-year lists!
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Capping off 2025: Gradual Branching and Experimentation
Just before a short break, a new post to celebrate 2025 is out with some end-of-year lists!
http://gutterputter.com/2026/01/01/capping-off-2025-gradual-branching-and-experimentation/
18 days ago
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Just before New Year's Day and the Capping Off entry, the second half of the Capsule Reviews closes nearly all of the albums that are due for a review!
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Capsule Reviews (December â Part 2) â Jim Ghedi, kinoue64, acloudyskyeâŠ
Just before New Year's Day and the Capping Off entry, the second half of the Capsule Reviews closes nearly all of the albums that are due for a review!
http://gutterputter.com/2025/12/31/capsule-reviews-december-part-2-jim-ghedi-kinoue64-acloudyskye/
19 days ago
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Choi Yeon-soo, once an earnest K-pop aspirant called D:elta, peers through with one of the most stunning art pop works in this decade.
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Yeonsoo â This is How I Disappear (Record Review)
Choi Yeon-soo, once an earnest K-pop aspirant called D:elta, peers through with one of the most stunning art pop works in this decade.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/12/27/yeonsoo-this-is-how-i-disappear-record-review/
23 days ago
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The Christmas classic is not only honest about the holiday season, but it also examines the American Dream as being just a dream.
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The American Tragedy in the Poguesâ and Kirsty MacCollâs âFairytale of New Yorkâ
The Christmas classic is not only honest about the holiday season, but it also examines the American Dream as being just a dream.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/12/25/the-american-tragedy-in-the-pogues-and-kirsty-maccolls-fairytale-of-new-york/
25 days ago
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The first part of this month's Capsule Reviews is filled with comments on a wide variety of albums!
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Capsule Reviews (December 2025 â Part 1) â Panda Bear, Danny Brown, CandelabroâŠ
The first part of this month's Capsule Reviews is filled with comments on a wide variety of albums!
http://gutterputter.com/2025/12/16/capsule-reviews-december-2025-part-1-panda-bear-danny-brown-candelabro/
about 1 month ago
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The K-pop artist and ex-Wonder Girls memberâs solo debut is proof that not all that glitters is gold.
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Sunmi â HEART MAID (Record Review)
The K-pop artist and ex-Wonder Girls memberâs solo debut is proof that not all that glitters is gold.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/12/08/sunmi-heart-maid-record-review/
about 1 month ago
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Every great game gets backed with a soundtrack that fits its environment. The acclaimed isometric RPG has a standout track that defines its theme.
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Why Disco Elysiumâs Soundtrack Works in the End â âLa Revacholiereâ
Every great game gets backed with a soundtrack that fits its environment. The acclaimed isometric RPG has a standout track that defines its theme.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/11/30/why-disco-elysiums-soundtrack-works-in-the-end-la-revacholiere/
about 2 months ago
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As a prelude to the upcoming month, this edition of Capsule Review looks into rock, pop, and rap!
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Capsule Review (November 2025) â Richard Sallis, Cheap Trick, Mateus AleluiaâŠ
As a prelude to the upcoming month, this edition of Capsule Review looks into rock, pop, and rap!
http://gutterputter.com/2025/11/30/capsule-review-november-2025-richard-sallis-cheap-trick-mateus-aleluia/
about 2 months ago
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Short, straightforward, and subtly showy sums the amethyst in the rough that is British singer-songwriter Arthur Elliotâs 7th self-recorded album.
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arthur and no one else â Racing Games (Record Review)
Short, straightforward, and subtly showy sums the amethyst in the rough that is British singer-songwriter Arthur Elliotâs 7th self-recorded album.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/11/23/arthur-and-no-one-else-racing-games-record-review/
about 2 months ago
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25 years after their big break, Florida-based Dead Prezâs ideological drive cuts through the heart of context-relevant songwriting.
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Itâs Bigger than Hip Hop
25 years after their big break, Florida-based Dead Prezâs ideological drive cuts through the heart of context-relevant songwriting.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/11/13/its-bigger-than-hip-hop/
2 months ago
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Charles Manson is one of the most notorious figures in pop culture history. His avant-psych style folk debut album is utter feces.
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The Cult Leader Album â Lie: The Love and Terror Cult
Charles Manson is one of the most notorious figures in pop culture history. His avant-psych style folk debut album is utter feces. This isnât going to be a long retrospective album review that I would occasionally do with something like the Dismemberment Plan or Okkervil River. This is going to be more of a smaller thinkpiece thatâs related to Halloween.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/10/31/the-cult-leader-album-lie-the-love-and-terror-cult/
3 months ago
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This month's Capsule Review will cover some of the most noteworthy releases that have yet to receive a review.
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Capsule Review (October 2025) â Miley Cyrus, Shearling, Lil CarterâŠ
This month's Capsule Review will cover some of the most noteworthy releases that have yet to receive a review.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/10/30/capsule-review-october-2025-miley-cyrus-shearling-lil-carter/
3 months ago
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The acclaimed psychedelic music project of Australia-born Kevin Parker fully embraces his dance and electronica influence - for better or for worse.
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Tame Impala â Deadbeat (Record Review)
The acclaimed psychedelic music project of Australia-born Kevin Parker fully embraces his dance and electronica influence - for better or for worse.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/10/20/tame-impala-deadbeat-record-review/
3 months ago
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Taylor Swiftâs Newest Album is a Poptimist Farce
Few albums have heralded the fall of mainstream excellence like the country/popstarâs latest disses and wangst.
https://gutterputter.com/2025/10/14/taylor-swifts-newest-album-is-a-poptimist-farce/
3 months ago
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One of the leading gothic rock bands in the 2000s went back to their old roots; their vision at the very least making up for overproduction.
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AFI â Silver Bleeds the Black Sun⊠(Record Review)
One of the leading gothic rock bands in the 2000s went back to their old roots; their vision at the very least making up for overproduction.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/10/06/afi-silver-bleeds-the-black-sun-record-review/
3 months ago
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The stalwart New Yorkersâ fifth album is immediately making headlines, its eclectic indie rock style standing firm in its sharp form.
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Geese â Getting Killed (Record Review)
The stalwart New Yorkersâ fifth album is immediately making headlines, its eclectic indie rock style standing firm in its sharp form.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/09/30/geese-getting-killed-record-review/
4 months ago
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Like the Big Bang, one of the most unique alternative genres got its start as scattered energies waiting to pop in the right conditions.
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Under the Label â Shoegaze (Part 1 â Prototypes)
Like the Big Bang, one of the most unique alternative genres got its start as scattered energies waiting to pop in the right conditions.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/09/22/under-the-label-shoegaze-part-1-prototypes/
4 months ago
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Mabe Frattiâs second album in the art pop project with her partner Hector Tosta piques artsy curiosity with restricted expressive virtuosity.
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Titanic â Hagen (Record Review)
Mabe Frattiâs second album in the art pop project with her partner Hector Tosta piques artsy curiosity with restricted expressive virtuosity.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/09/14/titanic-hagen-record-review/
4 months ago
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The countryâs history with politically conscious music rings strong from the current government protests - one that could echo in Southeast Asia.
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Indonesian Protest Music
The countryâs history with politically conscious music rings strong from the current government protests - one that could echo in Southeast Asia.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/09/07/indonesian-protest-music/
4 months ago
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The countryâs history with politically conscious music rings strong from the current government protests - one that could echo in Southeast Asia.
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Indonesian Protest Music
The countryâs history with politically conscious music rings strong from the current government protests - one that could echo in Southeast Asia.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/09/07/indonesian-protest-music/
4 months ago
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The countryâs history with politically conscious music rings strong from the current government protests - one that could echo in Southeast Asia.
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Indonesian Protest Music
The countryâs history with politically conscious music rings strong from the current government protests - one that could echo in Southeast Asia.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/09/07/indonesian-protest-music/
4 months ago
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In more than 20 years since the release of Warcraft III, many maps have been made to mimic the franchiseâs epic scope. One series sums it up.
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Warcraft Legacies â That One Route Blizzard Could Have Taken
In more than 20 years since the release of Warcraft III, many maps have been made to mimic the franchiseâs epic scope. One series sums it up.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/08/31/warcraft-legacies-that-one-route-blizzard-could-have-taken/
5 months ago
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Dijon Duenasâ second solo album is as imaginative a take on R&B as Devon Hendryx or Frank Ocean. And a strong contender for the genre staple.
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Dijon â Baby (Record Review)
Dijon Duenasâ second solo album is as imaginative a take on R&B as Devon Hendryx or Frank Ocean. And a strong contender for the genre staple.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/08/19/dijon-baby-record-review/
5 months ago
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Please, please, please, go and listen to McKinley Dixon's 'Magic, Alive!' if you haven't already. I have listened to it tons of time and it's my pick as album of the year.
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McKinley Dixon â Magic, Alive! (Record Review)
I have thought about writing a review on this for over two months now. This breathes hip hop in all its ways with Black American experiences.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/08/12/mckinley-dixon-magic-alive-record-review/
5 months ago
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Quadeca â Vanisher, Horizon Scraper (Record Review) The ex-YouTuberâs fourth album as a musician shuts all pretentious haters up as its free-flowing folktronica ripples through oceans of memories.
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Quadeca â Vanisher, Horizon Scraper (Record Review)
The ex-YouTuberâs fourth album as a musician shuts all pretentious haters up as its free-flowing folktronica ripples through oceans of memories.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/08/01/quadeca-vanisher-horizon-scraper-record-review/
6 months ago
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Tyler, the Creator â DONâT TAP THE GLASS (Record Review) The stalwart West Coast rapper-producer drops a surprise record that is clearly made for full-time fun. Move on if you are hoping for a tour-de-force.
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Tyler, the Creator â DONâT TAP THE GLASS (Record Review)
The stalwart West Coast rapper-producer drops a surprise record that is clearly made for full-time fun. Move on if you are hoping for a tour-de-force.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/07/23/tyler-the-creator-dont-tap-the-glass-record-review/
6 months ago
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Clipse â Let God Sort Em Out (Record Review) One of the most dangerous duos in hip hop history, with a bible on cocaine, came back with an effort that is âhotâ and âculturally inappropriateâ.
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Clipse â Let God Sort Em Out (Record Review)
One of the most dangerous duos in hip hop history, with a bible on cocaine, came back with an effort that is âhotâ and âculturally inappropriateâ.
http://gutterputter.com/2025/07/16/clipse-let-god-sort-em-out-record-review/
6 months ago
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Kesha â . [Period] (Record Review) Once one of the biggest divas in mainstream music, Kesha Sebertâs first independent album marks a crafty dance-pop comeback on her own terms.
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Kesha â . [Period] (Record Review)
Once one of the biggest divas in mainstream music, Kesha Sebertâs first independent album marks a crafty dance-pop comeback on her own terms.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/07/12/kesha-period-record-review/
6 months ago
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A new review on Anno Solar's 'Una mancha de sol' is out if anyone is curious about giving it a read!
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Anno Solar â Una mancha de sol (Record Review)
The kind of silence you would hear in the event of an apocalypse where the rapture, after the first nightmarish days, leaves you a bit dulled.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/anno-solar-una-mancha-de-sol-record-review/
7 months ago
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A new review on HAIM's 'I quit' is out now if anyone is interested in giving it a read! It might not be the best album of the year, but it's still a decent listen!
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HAIM â I quit (Record Review)
The three-sister American rock band pulls over with fifteen tracksâ worth of zingers and bangers even if it might doesnât completely electrify.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/haim-i-quit-record-review/
7 months ago
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Capsule Reviews (May 2025): Panchiko, Squid, Clipping⊠Apologies for the long wait. The first Capsule Reviews article of this year has a lot of genres to cove from the most rock-like to the experimental.
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Capsule Reviews (May 2025): Panchiko, Squid, ClippingâŠ
Apologies for the long wait. The first Capsule Reviews article of this year has a lot of genres to cove from the most rock-like to the experimental.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/capsule-reviews-may-2025-panchiko-squid-clipping/
8 months ago
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A new review on Arcade Fire's album is out. Can't say that I like it to be quite frank with you. If you're curious, feel free to give it a read if you want.
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Arcade Fire â Pink Elephant (Record Review)
Over twenty years after their acclaimed debut, the Canadian stadium firebrand limps and drags with their dance-ward trajectory.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/05/18/arcade-fire-pink-elephant-record-review/
8 months ago
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A new review on Model/Actriz's recent release 'Pirouette' is out now if anyone wants to give it a read. It's among the best of this year!
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Model/Actriz â Pirouette (Record Review)
The industrial dance-punk quartet have put out one of the most electric dance records of the decade; a post-industrial shakedown on LGBT+ partying.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/model-actriz-pirouette-record-review/
8 months ago
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Sorry for the lack of posts over the past few weeks - here's the most recent piece. I wrote a pretty late retrospective piece on Okkervil River and their depiction of love. Or rather, the dependent and one-sided part of being in love.
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What âA Stoneâ is to Okkervil River
The Texas-originated band fronted by Will Sheff tackles the heartbreaks of romance in its oft-poetic, yet tragic ways through dependency.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/what-a-stone-is-to-okkervil-river/
9 months ago
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Never mind the copyright strikes from ZA/UM for a minute, the leaked spinoff expands the RPG classicâs intent beyond the creatorsâ departure.
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What Locust City Tells Us About Disco Elysium
Never mind the copyright strikes from ZA/UM for a minute, the leaked spinoff expands the RPG classicâs intent beyond the creatorsâ departure.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/what-locust-city-tells-us-about-disco-elysium/
9 months ago
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I genuinely, genuinely dislike Will Smith's newest album. It's horrible. If you want a bit of a laughter, feel free to read the review I guess...
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Will Smith â Based on a True Story (Record Review)
A high-brow epic rap opera based on heartbreak, lineage, feuds, and past glory. Or so youâd wish for a third-rate blockbuster.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/will-smith-based-on-a-true-story-record-review/
10 months ago
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A new review on Black Country, New Road's recent release is out now! It might not be up there with Ants From Up There, but I highly recommend that you give it a listen nonetheless!
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Black Country, New Road â Forever Howlong (Record Review)
Three years after their masterpiece, the acclaimed six-piece realises their transition to prog-pop at the cost of a big piece of their core identity.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/black-country-new-road-forever-howlong-record-review/
10 months ago
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A review on Lucy Dacus's 'Forever is a Feeling' is out now! Feel free to give it a read if you want!
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Lucy Dacus â Forever is a Feeling (Record Review)
After her spell with boygenius, the Virginianâs fourth album is earnest in its feelings, but fragile in its songwriting and delivery.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/lucy-dacus-forever-is-a-feeling-record-review/
10 months ago
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A new review on Great Grandpa's newest album (that had just came out) is out now! Feel free to give it a read if you want.
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Great Grandpa â Patience, Moonbeam (Record Review)
The Seattleans have concocted one of the sharper and more tantalising pieces of full-on rock records of the year.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/great-grandpa-patience-moonbeam-record-review/
10 months ago
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A new review on Men I Trust's 'Equus Asinus' is out now if anyone wants to give it a read!
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Men I Trust â Equus Asinus (Record Review)
The QĂșebecan bedroom pop sensationâs latest album ebbs in its echoes, yet nothing noteworthy comes out of it aside from vibes.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/men-i-trust-equus-asinus-record-review/
10 months ago
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A pre-made review for Courting's most recent album, 'Lust For LIfe' is out now if you want to give it a read!
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Courting â Lust For Life (Record Review)
The British indie rock bandâs third album is short and concise but it doesnât stop the fact that it isnât the most cohesive nor the most out-there.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/courting-lust-for-life-record-review/
10 months ago
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A review on Hesse Kassel's debut album 'La Brea' is out now for anyone who wanted to read a bit on Chilean music! If you have a Wordpress account and you like it, feel free to follow me!
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Hesse Kassel â La Brea (Record Review)
The Chilean post-rock bandâs debut album owes its direction to Black Country, New Road. Yet, it thunders triumphantly thanks to subtle differences.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/03/09/hesse-kassel-la-brea-record-review/
11 months ago
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A break from writing about music - I instead focus on Disco Elysium and how it makes effective use of secondary narratives/worldbuilding for the subplot around the ex-something. Feel free to give it a read!
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Reading Dora in Disco Elysium: Flipping Secondary Narratives
By hiding the key subtext behind one of the first items you interact with, the RPG masterpiece satiates our curiosity with a relapse into obsession.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/02/28/reading-dora-in-disco-elysium-flipping-secondary-narratives/
11 months ago
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A new review on a certain artist named August, Yours Truly is out now! I actually enjoy this album and that thoguth of it as having a good chance at being one of the better ones of this year. Please give it a read and the album, "Devotion To A Higher Power", a listen!
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August, Yours Truly â Devotion To A Higher Power (Record Review)
In a big subversion to post-industrial artistry, the Ontarian flips everything we know about love to convey his rawest feelings. And it is stunning.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/august-yours-truly-devotion-to-a-higher-power-record-review/
11 months ago
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The British singer-songwriter might be best known for his long-forgotten 2000 debut, but his intro feels perfect for Valentineâs Day. Feel free to read this through.
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When Badly Drawn Boy Writes One of the Most Underrated Love Songs of All Time
The British singer-songwriter might be best known for his long-forgotten 2000 debut, but his intro feels perfect for Valentineâs Day.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/when-badly-drawn-boy-writes-one-of-the-most-underrated-love-songs-of-all-time/
11 months ago
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The French indie pop project doesnât have to make depression sound this misleadingly fun under their new name. Check out Le Reste after you read through this review.
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Le Reste â All is Weird and Ridiculous (Record Review)
The French indie pop project doesnât have to make depression sound this misleadingly fun under their new name.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/02/10/le-reste-all-is-weird-and-ridiculous-record-review/
11 months ago
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A new article is done on Pennsylvania's Hop Along and their frontperson Frances Quinlan's singing. Feel free to give it a read!
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Why Hop Along Needs Frances Quinlanâs Singing
The Pennsylvanian indie rock bandâs frontperson has such a strong and distinctive vocal style that it brings many of the songs to life.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/why-hop-along-needs-frances-quinlans-singing/
12 months ago
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A new review on Rose City Band's latest release is out now! Feel free to give it a read if you want.
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Rose City Band â Sol Y Sombra (Record Review)
The Oregon country rock bandâs latest release yawns along its psychedelic roots, its genericity befuddling its impact all the more.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/rose-city-band-sol-y-sombra-record-review/
12 months ago
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This is definitely one of the more carnivalesque, rapturous celebrations of the end of the world as we know it in its apocalyptic sightings. Feel free to give this article a read and the album a listen!
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Gumshoes â Bugs Forever (Record Review)
This is definitely one of the more carnivalesque, rapturous celebrations of the end of the world as we know it in its apocalyptic sightings.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/gumshoes-bugs-forever-record-review/
12 months ago
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A new review on Ethel Cain's latest release is out now! It's a pretty good, albeit hard-to-listen, "extended play" so take caution in checking it out.
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Ethel Cain â Perverts (Record Review)
The Floridan singer-songwriterâs âextended playâ examines the meaning of perversion with deftness even if it drones on more than what is fitting.
https://gutterputter.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/ethel-cain-perverts-record-review/
about 1 year ago
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