After developing their confidence and honing their sound over the course of a decade, Kentucky hardcore quintet Knocked Loose push boundaries in a big way on their third full-length. Read my full review on FLOOD‘s website.
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Knocked Loose’s ‘You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Knocked Loose on 08/06/2024 by Kurt Orzeck‘Weird Al’ Proved He’s The ‘Weirdest’ Of Them All
Posted in Concert Reviews, Reviews with tags weird, Weird Al, Weird Al Yankovic on 08/03/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Speaking of “weird,” everyone’s favorite costume-wearing musician, “Weird Al” Yankovic, proved he’s the weirdest one of all at a Hollywood Bowl concert in mid-2016. Check out my FLOOD review of the show.
Take that, politicos.
Milly’s ‘Your Own Becoming’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Milly on 07/21/2024 by Kurt OrzeckWith Milly frontman Brendan Dyer’s gentle vocals contrasting with crunchy guitars, each of the 10 songs on their second album sound like wanna-be Silversun Pickups tunes—albeit ones that never would’ve made the cut on one of that vastly superior band’s records. Read my complete review via New Noise.
Los Campesinos!’s ‘All Hell’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Los Campesinos! on 07/21/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Cardiff seven-piece Los Campesinos! are more comfortable with their identity than ever before on their seventh LP, a culmination of all the band’s genre experimentation over the past two decades. Read my full review of All Hell via FLOOD.
Armlock’s ‘Seashell Angel Lucky Charm’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Armlock on 07/18/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Melbourne duo Armlock opt for the less-is-more approach to heartfelt lyricism and layered instrumentals to deeply affecting results on their all-too-brief second record. Read my full review via FLOOD.
Idaho’s ‘Lapse’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Idaho on 07/17/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Idaho is best known for producing more potatoes than anywhere else in the U.S. In recent decades, it’s become so red that Idaho is now neck and neck with Mississippi as the most right-wing state in the Union. Idaho boasts the most miles of rivers than anywhere else in the country. The majority of its residents are virulently anti-government land conservationists not just suspicious of but resentful toward anyone who isn’t a third-generation Idahoan or older. Along those same lines, what today’s Idahoans feel more strongly about than anything else is their pure, white-hot hatred of Californians.
Continue readingBangladeafy’s ‘Vulture’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Bangladeafy on 07/11/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Bangladefy‘s Vulture reflects a band that, now 15 years old, still isn’t focused on what its two members want their endeavor to be. Read my full review via New Noise.
The Bad Penny (beta) 