YELLOWCAKE

If it seems like I disproportionately dunk on d-beat, consider for a sec that so much of it is inspired, unlistenable dogshit. Backwards looking, self-indulgent pastiche overly indebted to this or that country's scene from 20 or 30 years before any member was even born, lamenting the wars that filled their parents' bank accounts and paid for all the cider, studs, and hairspray they could ever ask for. Maybe maybe maybe... maybe I DO believe the many offenders should be locked in a gulag and forc...

My favourite releases of this year trended crustier with earnest and anarchist lyrics, railing against the capitalist war machine and the capture of corporate technology... consider me re-enlisted for the crust war. Here’s what stuck with me this year, and what I want more of in 2025. ...