Yard Act returns with “You’re Gonna Need A Little Music“, a record that delivers brilliant chaos, razor-sharp existential anxiety, and unadulterated swagger. Pushing away from the glossy disco-punk and dance-pop flourishes of their second record, ‘Where’s My Utopia?‘, this third studio effort trades in studio sheen for a more raw, confrontational, and wildly energetic rock […]
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One Kind Radio Podcast – 7-17-26
It’s July, and it’s already a smokin’ hot summer!! It’s been great seeing all of you OKR listeners and social media followers who we met in person at the bars and shows…. it’s been great meeting you all in person and having some cool chats about music, World Cup, how shitty the movie Disclosure Day […]
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Prime Corner by Office Dog
‘Prime Corner’, the brilliant and delightfully unpredictable new record by Auckland, New Zealand indie-rock trio Office Dog, is the perfect antidote for anyone whose life feels a bit too stagnant. Authored by frontman Kane Strang while playing professional house-sitter in West Auckland, this album feels like a sonic tour of someone else’s space while wearing […]
One Kind Radio Podcast – 7-17-26
It’s July, and it’s already a smokin’ hot summer!! It’s been great seeing all of you OKR listeners and social media followers who we met in person at the bars and shows…. it’s been great meeting you all in person and having some cool chats about music, World Cup, how shitty the movie Disclosure Day […]
Sally By Holsman
When approaching a new record, nothing fills me with dread quite like the phrase “concept album.” This generally self-indulgent sub-genre brings to mind such sonic disasters as Kiss’s Music from “The Elder” (which, if VH1’s “Behind the Music”is to be believed, so disgusted guitarist Ace Frehley that, upon hearing the record, he destroyed his advance […]
Captain Easy’s Downfall by The Cowboys
‘Captain Easy’s Downfall‘ by The Cowboys is what happens when Midwest garage-rock heroes refuse to grow up and instead double down on magnificent audio mischief. Hailing from Bloomington, Indiana, this gloriously adventurous outfit has delivered a rollercoaster of an album that sounds like a technicolor wild ride, recorded in a basement that smells faintly of […]
Second Time Around by Sludgeworth
‘Second Time Around‘ by Chicago’s punk veterans Sludgeworth is musical proof that some things are worth waiting more than thirty years for. It sure as hell wasn’t like waiting on my first prostate exam. Emerging from the legendary 1980s underground Chicago music scene, this gloriously energetic outfit took a casual three-decade nap before realizing they […]
Terrestrials by Pond
‘Terrestrials‘ finds the cosmic chameleons of Pond blasting themselves straight into the stratosphere once again, proving that their eleventh studio album is less of a late-career coast and more of a glorious, fuzz-drenched post-punk joyride, and the journey they take you on is grand. The Fremantle, Australia psych-rock veterans treat gravity like a loose suggestion, […]
In Heaven There’s Rainbows EP by Snarls
Get ready to scream-cry into your pillow while aggressively dancing around your living room, because Columbus, Ohio’s premier purveyors of “tender Midwestern noise,” Snarls, have blessed our ears with their fantastic EP release, ‘In Heaven There’s Rainbows’. The band perfectly fuses dreamy indie-pop vocals with the kind of crunchy, grunge-infused distortion that makes your inner […]
New Plastik Abyss by Dead Finks
‘New Plastik Abyss‘ by Dead Finks is a delightfully frantic reminder that guitar-driven music is alive, kicking, and refusing to get stuck in a box with its chaotic sound. Released via Bretford Records, this fourth full-length outing from the capital city’s premier art-punk outfit feels less like a traditional record and more like a brilliant […]
Probable Claws by Sincere Engineer
Chicago’s very own punk rock champions, Sincere Engineer, are back to save us all from our own internal monologues with their absolute triumph of a fourth studio album, ‘Probable Claws‘. Frontwoman Deanna Belos continues to prove she is the undisputed queen of turning intense, everyday anxiety into anthems that make you want to give a […]