indie pop
Album Review: ‘You’re So Jaded’ by Joy Cleaner
4.5 stars out of 5 Click to sample or purchase Yes, I’ve seen Bloomfield, New Jersey’s own Joy Cleaner 18 times, not yet counting December 10 at the Pet Shop in downtown Jersey City. And yes, I am thanked in the liner notes of their new album. Oh, so I’m not objective enough to review […]
Album Review: ‘Total Hell’ by Joy Cleaner
4.5 stars out of 5 Click to listen or purchase Many will claim to have been there, but I genuinely was: the debut performance by Joy Cleaner at Newark, New Jersey’s Index Art Center on February 27, 2016. That in less than a year and a half, the trio has put together such an […]
Album Review: ‘Wax Diamond’ by the Planes
3.5 stars out of 5 Click to listen or purchase Like an indie-pop Sully Sullenberger, Stephen Perry brought the Planes in for a safe landing a couple of years ago. The band had a nice little run on the New York/Brooklyn scene, recording, touring, doing those things bands do. But alas, it was time for […]
Album Review: ‘Hysterical Fiction’ by A Nero
4.5 stars out of 5 Click to listen or purchase You remember Nero — guy supposedly fiddled while Rome burned. Well, I’m casting my vote for A Nero to be the house band when Brooklyn meets its inevitable end. But until that time, we have their excellent album Hysterical Fiction to enjoy. Genre-wise, I’ll categorize […]
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