Year: 2014
Review: Brian Jonestown Massacre – Revelation
Brian Jonestown Massacre Revelation A Records Street: 05.20 Brian Jonestown Massacre = The Beatles “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” + Sonic Youth After close to 30 years of playing together, BJM has become ubiquitous with psych rock– although they’ve never been afraid to dabble in other genres, such as punk, shoegaze, folk and blues.
Review: Cancers – Fatten the Leeches
Cancers = Potty Mouth + Veruca Salt … read more
Review: Bulbul – Hirn Fein Hacken
Organized chaos wandered out of Austria and happened to have been recorded to the delight of dysfunctional punkers everywhere. … read more
Review: Cabaret Voltaire – #7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978-1985)
#7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978-1985) sounds like what might happen if the bounty hunters from The Empire Strikes Back were to start a Dada-inspired fetish industrial project … read more
Review: Cannibal Corpse – A Skeletal Domain
Well, this was a pleasing surprise! Arguably the flag bearers of all death metal, Cannibal Corpse are going to make fans old and new very happy with A Skeletal Domain. … read more
Review: Brian Eno / Karl Hyde – High Life
Brian Eno has been hugely influential on several generations of musicians, starting in the ‘70s/’80s with bands as popular as U2 and Talking Heads, but also countless lesser known bands, and his influence was diffused since. … read more
Review: Caribou – Our Love
Caribou = Hot Chip / SBTRKT … read more
Review: Buzzcocks – The Way
Buzzcocks = Pete Shelley + Sex Pistols + Howard Devoto … read more
Review: Brother Earth – Positive Haywires
Brother Earth = Circus Devils + Syd Barrett – Robert Pollard … read more
Review: Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe
Cupid Deluxe encapsulates the finest that pop has to offer from the ’80s to now. Sexy pop stars from Prince to Michael Jackson infiltrate Hyne’s stylings while he manages to sound less pretentious and just as mysterious due to his lyrics, which revolve around heartbreak and bitterness. … read more
Review: Bones – Sons of Sleaze
Sons of Sleaze is an appropriate title for this romper stomper of a record. It’s funny how it sounds sloppy as hell but it all congeals into a mess of a crusty death metal record. Its speed is built up on punk and hardcore anthems of old but has the grit of an OSDM record. … read more
Review: Bleeding Rainbow – Interrupt
If only I had a chance to listen to this album my sophomore year of high school. Pop punk mashes surprisingly well with a soaring, ’90s infusion of grunge. … read more
