It was Memorial Day 2015 when I first heard “Cosmic Cowboy”, the 8th track off & I’m Fine Today, and the first song from the album debuted on our 2016 Sampler. I remember a lot about that day. I remember not […]
Album Review
Album Review: Matt Megrue- Lost Hearts of the Jilted Age
Bringing us an EP to tide us over until an end-of-the-year full-length album release, Matt Megrue (formerly of Matt Megrue and the Daisy Chains) is dropping 3-track Lost Hearts of the Jilted Age this Friday, Feb. 10. But we got […]
Valley Maker’s When I Was A Child
Valley Maker’s When I Was A Child | Not an album review Get ready to feel something. [I struggle with writing this; this is not an album review. It is not a play by play of songs. It is not […]
Album Review: ET Anderson, ET2
By Robert Bradley Leonard II Headache and eyes hurt, everything is fitted on a web. Fine illuminated screens give me all the reason I need to wake each tired morning – the infinite deluge of drama, love, protest, bold headlines […]
Album Review: Brave Baby-Electric Friends
Brave Baby | Electric Friends Album Review Electric Friends by Brave Baby Are you ready? Brave Baby’s Electric Friends is a huge leap forward for the Charleston based band. Not only is it well produced (which, believe me, gives every […]
Album Review: Heyrocco-Teenage Movie Soundtrack
Teenage Movie Soundtrack by Heyrocco What It Means to Grow Up All Over Again Heyrocco’s debut album Teenage Movie Soundtrack is a well-crafted work of neo-pop-punk. Its nostalgic homage to late 90’s / early 00’s not only pays respect to […]
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[Album Review] Youngster-Extended Play
Extended Play by Youngster From the opening notes of Youngster’s new Extended Play EP (EP = Extended Play if you didn’t know) the influence of The Strokes early albums is undeniable. In my years of seeing them live, I’ve always […]
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[Album Review] She Returns From War S/T
Self-Titled by She Returns From War This summer She Returns From War released their first EP of 2014, a hazy four song listen with a surf-rock vibe at times thanks to the simultaneous bending of six strings complimenting Hunter Park’s […]
The Dog-Hearted: Curtin’s Debut Album & Tour
They say New York is the city where dreams come true. While most of us may have lost faith in that movie fantasy, Austin Nelson and Jason Rueger may have proved that cliché can still hold some merit; even if […]
WUSC Wednesdays: This Is All Yours
Let us rejoice! For alt-J hath finally bestowed a new album upon us! This week brought us the release of This Is All Yours, which means an immediate feature on the Diagnosis before this highly-anticipated gem goes top 40 and […]
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[EP Review] Death of Paris-Gossip
Finding a true rock/pop indie band that knows what they’re doing can be like searching for a needle in a haystack. Whether due to production costs or lack of experience in today’s increasingly synth-heavy industry, few indie bands have the […]
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[Album Review] The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars (2013)
After nearly two and a half years, folk/country duo The Civil Wars have released the follow up to their first LP Barton Hollow. Their self-titled record notes a seamless transition from the first album’s romantic, whimsical harmonies and guitar picking […]
Album Review: sandcastles. – tantrums
Damn. Who broke Bakari Lebby‘s heart so bad? His electronic project, sandcastles.‘ new album, tantrums, is clearly his heart’s crime scene, bloody with evidence. Unfortunately, we lack CSI’s David Caruso‘s dad-friendly wit, stoically putting on sunglasses after saying something like […]
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[Album Review] Iron and Wine-Ghost on Ghost
With his last two albums, Kiss Each other Clean and Ghost on Ghost, Chapin, SC native Sam Beam has shed almost all of his singer songwriter stereotype. That’s to say, if you were a fan of The Shepard’s Dog and […]
Bonobo – The North Borders
Bonobo, aka Simon Green, has been crafting tapestries of organic down tempo beats for over a decade now, with each new release furthering refining his sound. In a way this evolution mirrors that of fellow UK chill/downtempo/whatever you want to […]