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Nyxy Nyx’s ‘Cult Classics Vol. I’: Two Cent Review for Post-Trash’s Best 50 LPs of 2025

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags a Sunny Day in Glasgow, Knifeplay, Midwife, Nyxy Nyx, Sun Organ on 12/22/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Members of Midwife, Knifeplay, a Sunny Day in Glasgow, Luna Honey and Sun Organ comprise to create an ensemble that warms the hearts of those partial to shoegazey folk-rock and whose band name makes Scrabble players drool. Go to Post-Trash to read my full review of Nyxy Nyx’s first studio effort, Cult Classics Vol. 1, for the outlet’s “Year in Review: The Best of 2025” roundup.

Don’t miss these two other roundups either:

• Friends of The Bad Penny Share Their Top 10 Lists of 2025 Best Albums

• Boise Friends of The Bad Penny Share Their 2025 Top 10 Lists

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.

Midwife’s ‘No Depression In Heaven’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Midwife on 09/09/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

On her fourth solo outing under the ambient-slowcore moniker, Madeline Johnston reaches a state of enlightenment as she sounds totally confident about her identity as an artist. Read my review of Midwife’s No Depression in Heaven courtesy of FLOOD.