Weekly Drive-By

Albums reviewed this week: Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves [3/22/24], Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter [1/18/24], Ducks Ltd - Harm's Way [2/9/24]*, meth. - SHAME [2/2/24]*, Alice Coltrane - The Carnegie Hall Concert [2/22/24], Amaro Freitas - Y'Y' [3/1/24]*

No featured album this week, but again, albums we've already reviewed in previous episodes are marked with an *.

This episode, we're talking about the first week at a new job, listening intently to the Top Dog Law / Northeast Kia Guy, thinking about a new blog idea, calling out and driving by Amazon, visiting the new Max doc The Truth vs. Alex Jones, and revisiting the HBO-not-Max show Mare of Easttown as a comparison to the Max show The Regime.

Featured album: Gerycz Powers Rolin - Activator [1/12/24]

Other albums reviewed: Vera Sola - Peacemaker [2/12/24], Hooray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive [2/23/24], Whitelands - Night​-​bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day [2/23/24], meth. - Shame [2/2/24], Gouge Away - Deep Sage [3/15/24], Amaro Freitas - Y'Y [3/1/24]

I think this is the longest show we've done? A lot of music to get to this week, some of which is definitely gonna make both of our year-end lists.

But before all that, we have officially, seriously, finally put the bullets back in the gun, are drinking some interesting ciders and a relatively obscure Chinese spirit called baijiu, take a quick look at the prospects of walking some of the East Coast Greenway, have two sports gambling controversies (one you might know, one you might not) and a semi-embarrassing internet troubleshooting story, and four positive shoutouts.

Albums reviewed: Theophonos - Ashes in the Huron River [2/9/24], Pissed Jeans - Half Divorced [3/1/24], Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven [3/1/24].

The bullets are almost definitely back in the gun. They kinda got quiet after a while though.

Craft gin! HBO, I mean, Max's new show The Regime! NEET life! Emma Stone! Sydney Sweeney! Shit's actually kinda good???

Featured album: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - of the Last Human Being [2/23/24]

We're back after an unexpected break with some heat. Special guest Sam, who last talked to us about Alvvays's album Blue Rev last year, once again lends his voice to the Dub D. Bee for some thoughts on the newest season of Max's True Detective. And of course, we pull him into some Strawbango talk, because we're still trying to get that GHOST sponsorship. Faze got a deal, but we didn't? C'mon now.

Featured album: Hoplites - Paramainomeni [1/12/23]

Other albums reviewed: Anni Kiviniemi Trio - Eir [1/12/23] and Zazen Boys - Rando [1/24/24].

Relatively quick show today, outside of the music, we're giving our RIP to Mr. Bullets in the Gun himself, Toby Keith, and talking some Zone of Interest.

Featured album: The Smile - Wall of Eyes [1/26/24]

Other albums reviewed: Vemod - The Deepening [1/19/24] and SENTRIES - Snow as a Metaphor for Death [1/19/24]We're angling for an Audio Technica and/or Ghost sponsorship and then giving you a few energy drinks that you should absolutely avoid before getting into another old and forgotten American political scandal, presenting an ethical question, and venting some frustration about a Sundance Film Festival rule and annoying employee.

This week's featured album: Glass Beach - plastic death [1/19/24].

Other albums reviewed this week: Mary Halvorson - Cloudward [1/19/24], and SLIFT - Ilion [1/19/24].

The move from Birmingham to Philly was a bit... well, not how it was planned. Audio is straight from the mediocre Bluetooth headset, so, expect that, and the Soundboard is on break for a minute, so there's a distinct lack of gunshots on this one, but they'll be back before you know it.