Year: 2014
Review: Kevin Seconds – Off Stockton
Kevin Seconds has been making quality music since the late ‘70s. If you know him, it’s most likely from his work with Reno’s hardcore outfit 7Seconds. … read more
Review: Joe Mattzie – This Box Makes Noise
First things first: Joe Matzzie has a love for music. The inside of his newest album cover reads, “This record was made with love.” … read more
Review: Jonny “Two Bags” Wickersham – Salvation Town
The sideman, usually with a guitar in his hand, has finally stepped out of his role as six-string slinger for Social Distortion and put together his first solo full-length. … read more
Review: King Buzzo – This Machine Kills Artists
Osborne has been King of The Melvins for the past 30 years, and has produced a metric shit-ton of sound, ranging from demonic grunge to obnoxious noise. … read more
Review: Kepler – Attic Salt 12”
It sounds like every mellow-rock and indie band in the last 25 years congealed into one unimaginative band. Maybe part of it was because I had to fuck around with a record player for 30 minutes to be able to play it. … read more
Review: King Dude – Fear
TJ Cowgill, aka King Dude, caught my attention with 2011’s Love, a spacious pagan folk record examining themes of death, nature and Lucifer’s light. Now, joined by drummer Joey D’Auria and session musicians, Cowgill supplements Americana and Brit-folk explorations of existential fear and imminent demise with a completely unexpected musical mode—punk rock n’ roll. … read more
Review: King Dude & Chelsea Wolfe – Sing More Songs Together…
What can I tell you about this two-track collaboration that you aren’t already certain of? TJ Cowgill sounds like Michael Gira; Chelsea Wolfe is un-fuck-with-able, and the combo is, for a second time now, nothing short of incredible. … read more
Review: Kite Party – Come On Wondering
Kite Party are one of the few recent emo post-hardcore bands to surface from the underground shortly after the genre’s demise. Even though the divide between lovers and loathers of the music probably died with its popularity in the mid 2000s, Come On Wandering has enough stylistic integrity to make music snobs start bickering over Sunny Day Real Estate again. … read more
Review: Jhamasa Corinthian – Retro Love Arcade
Jhamasa Corinthian = Kelis + Big Boi … read more
Review: John Lemke – Walizka
John Lemke = Roger Eno + Hammock … read more
Review: Kevorkian Death Cycle – Distorted Religion
California’s Kevorkian Death Cycle seem to be releasing music on a regular basis again, and nothing could please me more. The God Am I release was one of my favorites last year. Although releasing a single may be more profitable, it can be such a tease. … read more
Review: King Tuff – Black Moon Spell
Say hello to the best classic rock record of the year. For all of its influences drawn from ‘70s glam and heavy rock, it might as well be a revival record, but that’s not King Tuff’s intention. … read more
