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Shindig! Magazine: Joel Cusumano - Waxworld (Dandy Boy)
- "Cusumano's debut album is a vibrant powerpop statement marked by sharp lyricism and melodic finesse"
Add to Wantlist - New album: Joel Cusumano || Waxworld
- "Cusumano delivers a masterpiece full of good ideas"
Rosy Overdrive - Pressing Concerns: Teenage Tom Petties, Joel Cusumano ...
- "The more immediate songs on Waxworld are some of the best guitar pop I’ve heard this year"
Raven Sings the Blues: Joel Cusumano – “Mary Katharine”
- "With nods to classic indie pop and new wave shivers, ['Mary Katharine'] slips past Felt’s keys and Close Lobsters’ guitars for a sunny slice of harmony-laden pop that swells the heart two sizes every time it comes on the speakers"
Dusted Magazine: Joel Cusumano — Waxworld (Dandy Boy)
- "This is his very first solo album, after an extended career as a sideman, and it’s a good one, brash and self-revealing, rocking out with windmill chords and pinch squalls, but beckoning with melody"
Rumore 407 | Dicembre 2025 : Joel Cusumano - Waxworld (Dandy Boy)
- "L'album della sua rinascita è sublime guitar pop sull'asse Elvis Costello - Teenage Fanclub. Un album orecchiabile, melodico, popolare, allo stesso tempo malinconico e colto."
onerecord.club - Noviembre: Waxworld de Joel Cusumano
- "Waxworld es una de esas rarezas que combinan ambición artística con accesibilidad total"
A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed: A Brief Review Of The New Album From Joel Cusumano
- "Joel understands how to write a tune, and he gives this stuff a real heft that sets it apart from some of what others have done when attempting to mine the past for contemporary indie"
Remember the Lightning - Is It Power Pop?! Part Eighteen: Joel Cusumano
- "Waxworld balances quirky hooks and exuberant melodies with deeply introspective lyrics"
Memoria polaroid: Nothing can be preserved - an interview with Joel Cusumano
- "Questo nuovo lavoro è un compendio di jangle pop robusto e coinvolgente, che di certo si ispira a nomi classici come R.E.M. o Lemonheads, tanto per citarne due facili"
Triste Sunset - (Make Me A) TRISTE© Mixtape Episode 236: Joel Cusumano
- “Waxworld is classic pop/rock inspired by … jangle pop/college rock faves such as Guided by Voices, Teenage Fanclub, and The Replacements”
Chiming Back - Joel Cusumano on “Waxworld”: Crafting Fire, Melody, and Imperfection
- "(Waxworld) has such incredible drive; it’s the kind of record that makes you want to move”
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Joel Cusumano’s “Death-Wax Girl”
- "'Death-Wax Girl'—and much of Waxworld, for that matter—is catchy and upbeat as hell, if maybe a smidge sinister. Think Feelies fronted by Stan Ridgeway"
New Noise Magazine - Video Premiere: Joel Cusumano – "Two Arrows"
- "A bright pop tune with melancholic yet deeply poetic lyrics"
Austin Town Hall - Another Joel Cusumano Tune
- “While ('Death-Wax Girl') operates in the ballad format, some of the sonics of the mix give it sort of a post-punk vibe, like if The Jesus and Mary Chain wanted to play an acoustic set in your living room”
Austin Town Hall - Joel Cusumano Announces Waxworld LP
- “The Bay Area music scene is better because of the presence of Joel Cusumano”
BFF.FM: Baydream Ep. 68 Interview / Joel Cusumano
BFF.FM: West of Twin Peaks Radio #244 feat. Joel Cusumano
Interview: Joel Cusumano w/ DJ Your Mom on KALX