Spectreview
Here you’ll find a collection of music reviews using the Spectreview system. We cover everything from popular releases to local music.
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Spectreview: Redveil – Niagara
On Niagara, young Maryland rapper Redveil matures by leaps and bounds, laying down a skillful collection of songs that radiate self-confidence.
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Spectreview: No Joy – Motherhood
No Joy’s first record in five years adds a seemingly boundless, boundary-less approach to the project’s fleet-footed shoegaze.
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Spectreview: Thank You, I’m Sorry – I’m Glad We’re Friends
The redemptive, full-throttle indie-emo rock of Thank You, I’m Sorry’s second LP feels like an ideal version of the Minneapolis act.
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Spectreview: New Fries – Is The Idea of Us
Toronto experimental band New Fries return after four years with an excellent record that's steeped in no-wave and stuffed with bright ideas.
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Spectreview: Orville Peck – Show Pony [EP]
On Show Pony, Orville Peck slides ever closer toward country rock while mostly retaining the queer subversiveness of his debut.
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Spectreview: The Microphones – Microphones in 2020
Microphones in 2020 is a seamless, engrossing rumination on self-mythologizing and the contrasting significance of the present moment.
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Spectreview: Black Ends – Stay Evil
Black Ends’ stellar followup to their debut 2019 EP finds the band’s chunky, gunky pop-rock improved in almost every way.
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NON-PROFIT MUSIC FOR THE PROTESTS: Bitch Fits – Invitation to Love
Bitch Fits’ sophomore record, a stellar mixture of heartfelt longing and righteous excoriation, is a huge step up for the Seattle four-piece.
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Spectreview: Moodymann – TAKEN AWAY
Moodymann’s TAKEN AWAY is focused, sensual, and extremely accessible, yet another exhibit of the Detroit house legend’s command over the genre.
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Spectreview: The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form
The 1975 think (and say) too much (and too little) on Notes on a Conditional Form.