Because I said so. Order never subject to change.
1. “Gladiator”
2. “Destroy Before Reading”
3. “Monkey Trick”
4. “Boilermaker”
5. “Dancing Naked Ladies”
Continue readingArchive for the Reviews Category
The Jesus Lizard’s 103 Songs, Ranked From the G.O.A.T. to the … Just Don’t
Posted in Lists, Reviews with tags David Wm. Sims, David Yow, Duane Denison, Mac McNeilly, the Jesus Lizard on 07/27/2025 by Kurt OrzeckSuperchunk’s ‘Songs in the Key of Yikes’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Superchunk on 07/26/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Superchunk are delivering their sunniest, most playful and even chipper-sounding record since 1995’s Here’s Where the Strings Come In. Read my Music Connection review.
HLLLYH’s ‘URUBURU’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags HLLLYH, Mae Shi on 07/17/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
HLLLYH’s URUBURU was originally intended to be the fourth Mae Shi album. But the members of HLLLYH discovered that making new music by piggybacking on prototypes of old Mae Shi material sounded like Mae Shit. In hindsight, it was as if HLLLYH had put on an elaborate stage production of Weekend at Bernie’s. Read my review on Treble.
Matt Jencik & Midwife’s ‘Never Die’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Madeline Elizabeth Johnston, Matt Jencik, Midwife on 07/11/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
While Matt Jencik is listed first in this collaborative duo’s billing, one could easily mistake Never Die for a proper studio effort by Madeline Elizabeth Johnston’s Midwife. Muted, melancholic, sometimes meandering and always mysterious, hers is a tranquilizing sound. Read my review of Never Die on Treble.
Gaupa’s ‘Fyr’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags GAUPA on 07/11/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Fyr, the new EP by superbly skillful Swedes GAUPA, is a downright infuriating listen. Well, to this embarrassed rock critic, at least. How does a band capable of writing and executing a record, even if it is just a short-player, without the slightest blemish, scratch or scuff? Read my review of the EP for Veil of Sound.
Agriculture’s ‘Bodhidharma’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Reviews with tags Agriculture on 07/10/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
One might regard as pretentious Agriculture’s belief that they warrant a genre of their own, which they call “ecstatic black metal.” But try finding another band that alternates between enormous riffs that grab hold like the Sarlacc Pit in Return of the Jedi and refuse to let go. Read my Treble review of “Bodhidharma,” a single selected from Agriculture’s forthcoming The Spiritual Sound.
Agriculture’s ‘Bodhidharma’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Reviews with tags Agriculture on 07/10/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Try finding another band that alternates between enormous riffs that grab hold like the Sarlacc Pit in Return of the Jedi and refuse to let go. Read my Treble review of Agriculture’s new song, “Bodhidharma.”
Chat Pile’s ‘This Dungeon Earth/Remove Your Skin Please’ Reissue: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Chat Pile on 07/09/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Chat Pile plant yet another feather in their cap with the re-release of their first two EPs—2019’s This Dungeon Earth and Remove Your Skin Please—via a single-vinyl compendium welding together the two statements that preceded their formal introduction to the unwitting masses, 2022’s God’s Country. Read my FLOOD review.
Scratch Acid’s ‘Box Set/Scratch Acid/Berserker’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Brett Radford, David Wm. Sims, David Yow, Scratch Acid on 07/07/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Touch and Go Records went to the trouble of assembling a Scratch Acid vinyl box set to the tune of $160—as well as individual reissues of their EPs for those in search of a more affordable option. Read my thoughts on Box Set/Scratch Acid/Berserker via Treble.
Ida’s ‘Will You Find Me’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Ida on 07/07/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Available as a 4xLP and 5xCD box, Ida’s limited-edition Will You Find Me sets have so many cover songs, demos, outtakes and alternative mixes that it’s practically too heavy to carry up a flight of stairs. Read my review of the mammoth reissues for Treble.
The Bad Penny (beta) 