Surviving the Golden Age
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Music blog since 2005 https://survivingthegoldenage.com/
My review of Teenage Fanclub’s new album, Do Not Dare to Dream: @stgablog.bsky.social #newmusic #albumreview
Teenage Fanclub: Do Not Dare to Dream | Surviving the Golden Age
Listening to Do Not Dare to Dream, the thirteenth studio album by Scottish indie veterans Teenage Fanclub, one wonders what the 1993 versions of the band’s two remaining founding members, Norman Blake...
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My review of Imperial Teen’s new album, All Over You: #newmusic #albumreview @mergerecords.bsky.social @stgablog.bsky.social
Imperial Teen: All Over You | Surviving the Golden Age
“I just wanna get you in the bed, light you up like a cigarette,” are the first lines guitarist/vocalist Will Schwartz sings on “Overdrive,” the opening track on Imperial Teen’s seventh studio album, ...
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My review of Son Lux’s latest studio album, Out Into: @stgablog.bsky.social #RyanLott #newmusic #albumreview
Son Lux: Out Into | Surviving the Golden Age
In 2008, Anticon, the defunct indie label founded by the avant-garde hip-hop collective of the same name, released At War with Walls & Mazes, the debut album by Son Lux. Back then, Son Lux was the nam...
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I attended Kim Gordon’s performance at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA: @kimletgordon.bsky.social @stgablog.bsky.social #livemusic #sonicyouth #concert #liveperformance #Bostonmusic #playme
Kim Gordon @ the Paradise, Boston | Surviving the Golden Age
Kim Gordon has been touring her 2026 studio album, Play Me, since mid-April. Thus far, the journey has taken Kim, her bandmates, and her road crew from California to the Netherlands, France, England, ...
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My review of the Thermals’ new album, Under Crushing Rain: #albumreview #newmusic @stgablog.bsky.social
The Thermals: Under Crushing Rain | Surviving the Golden Age
Fall frontman Mark E. Smith once famously said, “If it’s me and your granny on bongos, it’s the Fall.” The quote was apt, as Smith was notorious for firing band members and maintaining a constantly ch...
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My review of Hovvdy’s latest album, Big World: #newmusic #albumreview @stgablog.bsky.social
Hovvdy: Big World | Surviving the Golden Age
Hovvdy is a band indie snobs rarely mention having an appreciation for when discussing anything in the rock/pop genre that even slightly approaches American country music. Sure, music nerds are quick ...
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My review of the Mountain Goats’ new album, Days: @themountaingoats.bsky.social @stgablog.bsky.social #albumreview #newmusic
The Mountain Goats: Days | Surviving the Golden Age
The Mountain Goats have recorded and released music for over thirty years on more than ten different record labels. The indie band’s latest, Days, is their twenty-fourth studio album overall. Remarkab...
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Saw a ton of acts on day 2 of Mosswood Meltdown, including Bikini Kill & a Ramones tribute band that featured Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein & Corin Tucker, & Fred Armisen playing drums in a Marky Ramone wig. Read my writeup & check out pics of the event at the link below: @stgablog.bsky.social
Mosswood Meltdown Day 2 | Surviving the Golden Age
The final day of Mosswood Meltdown 2026 took place on Sunday, July 19th. Much like the day before, attendees were blessed with clear, comfortable weather. Being a lifelong New Englander, I’ve often fo...
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This past weekend I attended the annual punk, garage & DIY music festival Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland, CA. I saw a ton of acts, including Iggy Pop, Bikini Kill, Mannequin Pussy, the Dead Milkmen & more. Read my writeup & check out pics of day 1 of the event at the link below: @stgablog.bsky.social
Mosswood Meltdown Day 1 | Surviving the Golden Age
The first official day of this year’s Mosswood Meltdown, the annual punk, garage, and DIY music festival that has taken place in Oakland, California every year in some iteration since 2009, was July 1...
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My review of Parts & Labor’s double album, Set of All Sets: #newalbum #albumreview @stgablog.bsky.social
Parts & Labor: Set of All Sets | Surviving the Golden Age
Even for a double album, 17 songs in 79 minutes is on the long side. The Clash’s London Calling delivered 19 songs in 65 minutes. Prince’s 1999 stretched 11 songs over 70 minutes. Perhaps the key diff...
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My review of Death Cab for Cutie’s latest studio album, I Built You a Tower: @deathcabforcutie.bsky.social @antirecords.bsky.social @stgablog.bsky.social #newmusic #albumreview
Death Cab for Cutie: I Built You a Tower | Surviving the Golden Age
For an indie rock band thirty years and eleven studio albums into a consequentially successful career, taking four years between full-lengths isn’t unusual. The events that happen within that space ca...
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My review of Chanel Beads’ latest studio album, Your Day Will Come: #newmusic #albumreview @stgablog.bsky.social @jagjaguwar.bsky.social
Chanel Beads: Your Day Will Come | Surviving the Golden Age
Giving your sophomore album the exact same name as your debut that came out only two years prior is a weird move. No “part 2”, no “volume II”, not even a “2026” after the title so listeners can differ...
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My review of Violet Grohl’s debut studio album, Be Sweet to Me: @stgablog.bsky.social #newmusic #albumreview
Violet Grohl: Be Sweet to Me | Surviving the Golden Age
Initially it seems weird that a woman born in 2006 would want to make an album filled with songs that sound like they might have been played on alternative rock radio circa 1996. Things begin to make ...
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Check out our new interview with @frankiecosmos.bsky.social about the 10 year anniversary of Next Thing. survivingthegoldenage.com/interview-fr...
Interview: Frankie Cosmos | Surviving the Golden Age
Ten years after its initial release, Frankie Cosmos’ Next Thing, the album remains a masterclass in capturing the overwhelming feeling of young adulthood. With a special-edition reissue marking the al...
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My review of Metric’s Romanticize the Dive: @stgablog.bsky.social #newmusic #albumreview
Metric: Romanticize the Dive | Surviving the Golden Age
There’s nothing more tedious than an album sequel. Name one non-greatest hits/singles collection “part 2” that was as decent as its predecessor. You can’t. Thankfully Metric are beyond their Formenter...
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My review of Brian Wilson: On Tour 1999-2007: #newmusic #albumreview #RSD @stgablog.bsky.social
Brian Wilson: On Tour 1999-2007
Record Store Day took place this year on April 18th. For those unfamiliar, RSD has been held every year across the globe since 2008 on the third Saturday in April. The purpose of the event is to ce…
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My review of Iguana Death Cult’s new album, Guns Out: @stgablog.bsky.social #newmusic #albumreview
Iguana Death Cult: Guns Out
The opening ten seconds of “Guns Out”, the first track on Netherland garage rockers Iguana Death Cult’s fourth studio album of the same name, sounds remarkably like the bassline for the Chemical Br…
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My review of Snail Mail’s latest album, Ricochet: @matadorrecords.bsky.social @stgablog.bsky.social #newmusic #albumreview
Snail Mail: Ricochet
It’s been almost four and a half years since Snail Mail’s last studio album, Valentine, a record that found Lindsey Jordan writing about, among other things: love’s highs and lows, obsession,…
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My review of Kim Gordon’s PLAY ME: @kimletgordon.bsky.social @stgablog.bsky.social @matadorrecords.bsky.social #newmusic #albumreview
Kim Gordon: Play Me
During a January 2026 episode of the interview podcast the ?uestlove Show, Kim Gordon told the Roots’ drummer she hasn’t played bass since Sonic Youth’s last gig. For those keeping track, that was …
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My review of Heavenly’s new album, Highway To Heavenly: @stgablog.bsky.social @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social @skepwax.bsky.social #newmusic #albumreview
Heavenly: Highway To Heavenly
Following the dissolution of the late-eighties British indie pop group Talulah Gosh, Amelia Fletcher (vocals, guitar), Matthew Fletcher (drums), Peter Momtchiloff (guitar), and Robert Pursey (bass)…
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My review of Xiu Xiu’s collection of cover songs, Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1: #albumreview #newmusic
Xiu Xiu: Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1
In April of 2020, Xiu Xiu began releasing fully produced cover songs every month to subscribers via their Bandcamp profile. At present, around 55 songs have been made available. Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ X…
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My review of Dry Cleaning’s album Secret Love: #newmusic #albumreview @stgablog.bsky.social
Dry Cleaning: Secret Love
Secret Love is a good title for Dry Cleaning’s third studio album. After all, secrets are generally kept inside and, although the group’s sound instrumentally on their latest release is largely mea…
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
My review of Silk Daisys’ latest album: @stgablog.bsky.social #newmusic #albumreview
Silk Daisys: Silk Daisys
Silk Daisys’ influences will be immediately obvious to fans of 80s and 90s indie pop, noise pop, dream pop, and new wave. The Atlanta band is inspired by groups that exemplified the best of these g…
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My review of Evan Dando’s Rumors of My Demise: A Memoir @stgablog.bsky.social
Evan Dando: Rumors of My Demise: A Memoir
Don’t feel bad for Evan Dando. He doesn’t want you to feel bad for him. The son of a fashion model mother and a real estate attorney dad, Dando grew up in a 3,300 square foot apartment that overloo…
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Top 20 Albums of 2025 (10-01) @stgablog.bsky.social
Top 20 Albums of 2025 (10-01)
10. bloodsports: Anything Can Be a Hammer Anything Can Be A Hammer by Bloodsports 09. Pulp: More Nearly twenty-five years passed between the release of Pulp’s We Love Life and the Britpop legends’ …
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