Trevor Moore, member of sketch group Whitest Kids U' Know (on tour now!) just released his first solo album Drunk Texts to Myself today through Comedy Central Records. I've listened to the album at least five times already -- comedy writers get things early...hooray! -- and I...
Last year saw the release of several brilliant comedy albums, one of which was undoubtedly Joe DeRosa’s dark gem The Depression Auction. The album is filled with DeRosa’s characteristic angst and frustration. More important, though, The Depression Auction is, in a word,...
Wyatt Cenac’s debut album Comedy Person is smart, perceptive and witty— pretty much every characteristic one would ascribe to a stellar comedy album. Clocking in at over an hour long, the 13-track album covers a wide range of material while averting any lulls. It's easy to...
Marc Maron’s newest album – his fourth – This Has To Be Funny, was released Aug. 9. From a journalistic perspective, I’ve already failed you. I should’ve had this review posted on Laughspin by Aug. 8, at the very latest— so that you, the reader, would have a proper...
Dan Levy is a contemporary renaissance comedian-- if there is such a thing. With the ability to seamlessly transition from stand-up stage (including his own half-hour Comedy Central special), to TV hosting duties to Web series production and acting to writing for network...
The most prolific pothead in comedy, Doug Benson will release his fourth album, Potty Mouth on Aug. 30. It's his third for Comedy Central Records and his fourth overall. His first, Professional Humoredian, put out by A Special Thing Records in 2008, landed the number one album...
Comedy Central Records has set a release date on Marc Maron’s new album, This Has To Be Funny. The album -- his fourth -- is set to drop Aug. 9 and will be available on CD and digital format (naturally). This marks Maron's first album with Comedy Central. Since his last album,...
On his new album for Comedy Central Records, Kurt Metzger Talks To Young People About Sex, the titular comedian takes the tradition of a relentless, rough-around-the-edges East Coast comic to the next level. Metzger – he also voices the character zombie Randall...
It’s no secret among my circle of friends that I gravitate towards edgy comedy. I love being punched in the gut by a barrage of vulgarity and shock à la George Carlin, Bob Saget, even Louis C.K. or Marc Maron. I want to come out of a show with my soul destroyed and my faith...
