Reviews
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LAUREN by Lauren Sanderson Album Review
8.0 I hope you came prepared for a mix of rock, pop, and Riot Grrl for LAUREN, Lauren Sanderson’s 2026 full length album drop. It packs an aggressive punch, sometimes grasping and marketing strings, but always in entertaining ways. Both musically and lyrically clever, this album is officially classified as “no skips.” LAUREN starts out…
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hemlocke springs the apple tree under the sea Album Review
9 Friends, this review was born from the effort to include more black queer artists in my reviews. Research and recommendations time after time recommended the name hemlocke springs, so here we go! Spoiler alert: she does NOT disappoint. Let’s dive into the colorful, whimsical world of hemlocke springs! This album begins with a helluva…
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August Ponthier Everywhere Isn’t Texas Album Review
7.0 Well, well, well, if it wasn’t the debut album for August Ponthier. I see August hyping this album up on TikTok in the comments of posts asking for suggestions for sapphic artists, so I was curious to hear it. They have released a few EPs before this, but Everywhere isn’t Texas is their first…
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Peaches “No Lube So Rude” Album Review
6.4 As the lore goes, Peaches has been on the music scene for decades, but made her first real splash with the album “The Teaches of Peaches” in 2000. The first I ever heard of Peaches was circa 2007 during the Avril Lavigne “Girlfriend” alleged plagiarism drama, when another song from the Avril album was…
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Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s Bones Has Me in a Chokehold: Album Review
8.0 I am a sucker for RKS. I’m going to go ahead and spit that out now. I also know this album came out last year, but I was set on doing a Rainbow Kitten Surprise Bones album review and I’m stubborn. So, when I pushed play on “Friendly Fire,” I came in biased. No…
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Ailbhe Reddy Kiss Big Album Review
6.5 Lyrical Poetry, Relatable with Some Cliche Ailbhe Reddy’s third album Kiss Big, released January 30, 2026, by the Dublin-born indie singer/songwriter was high on my priority list to review. I have not previously listened to her, but her name kept popping on lists of queer artists to watch in 2026, so I’ve been intrigued. …
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Cavetown Running With Scissors Album Review
7.0 Beautiful & Nostalgic When I set out to review the Gen Z sensation Robin Skinner aka Cavetown’s 2026 release Running With Scissors, I admittedly did not know what I was getting into. Let me be upfront: I am late to the Cavetown game, which is embarrassing considering he has over 5.4 million monthly Spotify…