ISSUE 2: REVIEWS

Alpen Glow
Amertape 2020
RIYL: Anemone; Paula; Short Circutz
Reviewed by Jesse Locke

Baseball Hero
Salvation Mountain
RIYL: Diet Cig; Palehound; Alex G
Reviewed by Laura Stanley

Basic Instinct
Late Bloom
RIYL: HÄG; Divide and Dissolve; languid riffs
Reviewed by Michael Rancic

Blxck Cxsper
EUROSTAR vol.1
RIYL: Juice WRLD; Rihanna; Capricorns
Reviewed by Tom Beedham

Clara Engel
Hatching Under The Stars
RIYL: Ora Cogan; Aidan Baker; Ulvesang
Reviewed by Michael Rancic

Cryptozoologists
Pond Life
RIYL: The Mountain Goats; The Unicorns; quests
Reviewed by Tom Beedham

FSHKLL
Sashimi Shoreline EP
RIYL: Cold Warps; Terry Malts; Tacocat
Reviewed by Leslie Ken Chu

Greg Orrē
I Am In It Volume One
RIYL: The Frogs; The Mountain Goats; Regina Spektor’s “Ghost of Corporate Future”
Reviewed by Leslie Ken Chu

Itchy Self
Here’s The Rub
RIYL: Neon Boys; Mirrors; reading zines instead of the internet
Reviewed by Jesse Locke

Kicksie
All My Friends
RIYL: Jay Som; Boniface; Snail Mail
Reviewed by Laura Stanley

Le Couleur
Concorde
RIYL: Choses Sauvages; David Cronenberg’s Crash; flying first class
Reviewed by Michael Rancic

Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu
Renegade Breakdown
RIYL: Charlotte Gainsbourg; Euro Pop; power moves
Reviewed by Katerina Stamadianos

Owen Meany’s Batting Stance
Feather Weights
RIYL: The Weakerthans; Neutral Milk Hotel; a less hyper John Darnielle
Reviewed by Luke Ottenhof

Pansy Boys
Seasons of Doubt
RIYL: Fleetwood Mac; Blood Orange; harmonizing
Reviewed by Katerina Stamadianos

Rhododendron
La jachère
RILY: Angel Olsen; Jessica Pratt; the perseverance of Spring
Reviewed by Laura Stanley

Sarah Davachi
Cantus, Descant
RIYL: Kali Malone; Grouper; sailing through endless skies
Reviewed by Jesse Locke

Shabason, Krgovich & Harris
Philadelphia
RIYL: Bill Callahan; Japanese New Age; mindfulness
Reviewed by Katerina Stamadianos

Squidney the Dude
Ben | Habits
RIYL: The Microphones; Akron/Family; Grouper’s Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill
Reviewed by Leslie Ken Chu

Tommy Tone
Finally Punk
RIYL: The Queen Haters; The Village People’s “Food Fight”; Pink Panther Punk
Reviewed by Jesse Locke

Untradition
Dark Summer
RIYL: Daniel Caesar; Prince’s “The Cross”; Slash laying out a guitar solo in front of a white church in the desert
Reviewed by Michael Rancic