Martin Douglas

There’s No Place Like Home on “EasterGunn Day 4”

Mach-Hommy returns to the Griselda fold as he and Westside Gunn tear the “Hollow Bones” instrumental to shreds. Douglas Martin investigates.

Apr 9, 2021 • Douglas Martin

The Best Wrestling Matches of 2020

The showcase of the immortals returns.

Mar 1, 2021 • Staff

Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes: Bummed - "Smoking Jewels"

The noise-pop melodies of Boston's Bummed make for an essential addition to the Dirty Shoes fall rotation.

Oct 26, 2015 • Douglas Martin

Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes: The Astral Peaks & Liberation of Seattle Jazz Quartet, Industrial Revelation

If you mix listening to more jazz with a little Just Blaze, some trumpets, and a few psychedelics here and there.

Oct 12, 2015 • Douglas Martin

Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes: Childbirth, Seattle's Sarcastic Super-Group

Members of Chastity Belt, Tacocat and Pony Time team up to make one of the year's funniest and most subversive albums.

Oct 2, 2015 • Douglas Martin

Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes: The Original Faces and the Blurry Intrigue of Helen

Grouper's Liz Harris and friends Joe Bindeman and Scott Simmons, combine to make one of the most immersive noise-pop records in recent memory.

Sep 11, 2015 • Douglas Martin

Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes: Shannon and the Clams Take a Weird Ride in "Corvette"

The song hardly registers above a whisper, an uncommon but not unwelcome volume for the Oakland trio.

Jun 16, 2015 • Douglas Martin

Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes: 'Not Now' and the Dreamlike Disco of Regal Degal

You don't even know what dreaming can be until you listen to Regal Degal

May 20, 2015 • Douglas Martin

"Psychiatry is just this year's candy pink stove": Remembering 'Mad Men'

By Zilla Rocca and Martin Douglas

May 19, 2015 • Staff

Bracket: Hardest Rap Album of All Time: The Hateful 8

Voting for the Final 4 closes Friday at 5:00 p.m. PST

Apr 30, 2015 • Staff

"Bands Should Know When They Suck": An Interview with No Joy

In advance of their new album, "More Faithful," we unearth an unpublished interview with the Canadian rippers.

Apr 29, 2015 • Douglas Martin

Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes: The Mountain Goats Go for the Title

Whether you dig wrestling or not, Mountain Goats' new album is for any lover of stories

Apr 6, 2015 • Douglas Martin

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