Fontaines D.C. – Dopamine Chamber
By Stephan BoissonneaultEver since I heard “Hurricane Laughter” on Fontaines D.C.’s debut album, Dogrel, I was hooked. It was viscous, discordant, angry, angsty; the kind of post-punk that scratches the right itch. Skinty Fia was the peak for me. Still is. Since then, the band has been going through an evolution between each album, never really sticking […]
Queens of the Stone Age – Perfecth
By Stephan BoissonneaultQueens of the Stone Age have lost their piss and vinegar, or weird, infectious, artsy desert-rock drive, and replaced it with a mostly atmospheric rock/acoustic album. Save for In Times New Roman… I’ve at least checked out every QOTSA album. For me, the art rock QOTSA era ended with …Like Clockwork; even then, nothing touches […]
Sophia Stel – the greatest album of all time
By Stephan BoissonneaultName your debut the greatest album of all time, and you’ve handed the world a baseball bat and pointed at your own shins. Credit to Sophia Stel for the nerve, as her vibe has always really been “I don’t care.” But, musically, I trust she really does. This record, self-produced and her first full-length, mostly […]
Death Lives!
By Lyle HendriksSeeing Bobby Hackney Sr. and the legendary band Death post up on the small Ausgang Plaza Stage brought to mind a tired phrase: Big fish in a small pond. Formed in 1971 and disbanded in ‘77, this three-piece proto-punk act has since enjoyed a resurgence some half a century later, and seeing them in the […]




































