Jackie Lo

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Music Review

julie – my anti-aircraft friend

By - Jackie Lo and Jason Hamric If you like: My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Swirlies Julie, the LA trio consisting of bassist and vocalist Alex Brady, Drummer Dillon Lee and guitarist Keyan Pourzand ride a very fine line musically, one that happened before ‘Loveless’ leveled the genre of shoegaze, and back when every band dipping their toes in this area put out great music. Beginning in 2020, they self-released […]

todaySeptember 12, 2024 385

book review

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground (1981-1991)

By - Jackie Lo “Our Band Could Be Your Life” was written by Michael Azerrad and published in 2001. Since then, it’s made many “best of” lists and considered a must-read for any music reader’s collection. The title comes from the opening line of "History Lesson – Part II", by Mike Watt of Minutemen, one of the bands featured in the book. The song describes the band's working class origins […]

todayAugust 8, 2024 264 2 3

book review

Rebel Girl – Kathleen Hanna

By - Jackie Lo There are a handful of women that I’ve admired and have guided me on my musical journey. PJ Harvey, Kim Gordon, Kim Deal, Liz Phair, and Kathleen Hanna. By the end of this year, I’ll be able to say that I’ve seen all of them live on stage. As a teenager in the 90s, these were the bands I listened to. As a 20-something year old […]

todayJune 13, 2024 770

Music Review

Goat Girl – Below The Waste

By - Jackie Lo Recommended if you like Porridge Radio, Squirrel Flower, Shame, PJ Harvey, Dry Cleaning Goat Girl released their third LP Below The Waste today on Rough Trade Records. It was recorded across Ireland’s Hellfire Studios, Damon Albarn’s Studio 13 and a series of other locations including the band’s own South London studio and was co-produced by the band themselves and John Spud Murphy (Lankum, black midi). The […]

todayJune 6, 2024 204

Music Review

Blushing – Sugarcoat

By - Jackie Lo If you like Ride, Lush, Smashing Pumpkins, DIIV, Wisp, Elastica Blushing, from Austin, Texas consists of two married couples Christina and Noe Carmona and Michelle and Jacob Soto.  Since forming in 2016 they’ve released their EPs Tether (2017) and Weak (2018), and the band partnered with Ringo Deathstarr’s Elliott Frazier to produce their self-titled 2019 debut LP and their 2022 followup, Possessions. With Frazier and Ride’s […]

todayMay 1, 2024 214

Music Review

Gouge Away – Deep Sage

By - Jackie Lo   If you like: Mannequin Pussy, Pixies, Fugazi, Metz, Nirvana It’s been six years since we’ve gotten a new album from Gouge Away. With demos tracked and a pandemic that halted touring, the members headed in different parts of the country and any forward progress on new music was put on hold. But, last year, Gouge Away got back together and finished writing new material, developed […]

todayMarch 14, 2024 112

Music Review

Pissed Jeans – Half Divorced

By - Jackie Lo If you like: Idles, Health, Metz, Mudhoney, Jesus Lizard Pissed Jeans released their 6th album Half Divorced today on Sub Pop. Singer Matt Korvette said, “Half-Divorced has an aggression within it, in terms of saying, I don’t want this reality. There’s a power in being able to say, I realize you want me to pay attention to these things, but I’m telling you that they don’t […]

todayFebruary 29, 2024 135

Music Review

Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven

By - Jackie Lo If you like: Screaming Females, Hotline TNT, slutever, Bully, Ovlov Look. Listen. I live in Alabama and it hasn’t been a great few weeks for those of us that have to worry about reproductive issues. Let’s be honest, we’ve been pissed off and pissed on (nonconsensually) for a long time and this is just another devastating blow. I always think it can’t get worse or weirder…yet […]

todayFebruary 29, 2024 122

Music Review

Lætitia Sadier – Rooting For Love

By - Jackie Lo If you like: Stereolab, Air, French Pop, electropop, conservation and environmentalism I admit I have a soft spot for French music. Well, a lot of things that are French actually. The language, the food, the film, the fashion, and the architecture and design.  Late summer of 2020, during the height of the covid-induced shut down, I even did an entire show dedicated to my favorite French […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024 518

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