Month: July 2015
Local Review: Lost, The Artist – Lost Boy vs The World
Lost, The Artist = Dine Krew + YZE … read more
Local Review: Illwinded P – Spirited Away Vol. 2
Illwinded P = Del The Funky Homosapien + MF Doom + Nujabes … read more
Local Review: Hoops – A Whiff of Spirits
Hoops = The Tape Beatles + Brion Gysin … read more
Local Review: I Capture Castle – Daydreamer
I Capture Castle = Cavalera Conspiracy + Blood On The Dance Floor + Danny Elfman + Leaves’ Eyes … read more
Local Review: Icy Blue – Portraits of Imagination
Icy Blu = Tech N9ne + Hopsin … read more
Local Review: Folk Hogan – The Show
Folk Hogan The Show Self-Released Street: 04.10 Folk Hogan = Oingo Boingo + Tom Waits + In Extremo Folk Hogan have chosen an entirely new direction. The Show is a concept album centered on a nightmarish allegory of a troupe of carnival workers who feel trapped and resort to mayhem. With their signature quirkiness marinated
Local Review: False Witness – Ascent To Chaos
False Witness Ascent To Chaos Self-Released Street: 03.28 False Witness = Avenged Sevenfold + Mudvayne + Sepultura Upon first listen to False Witness and their album Ascent To Chaos, I felt that I was handed another generic melodic metalcore release within the “paint by numbers” realm. After the fourth listen, I realized that I was
Local Review: Ethan Blackburn – Impressions of Her
Ethan Blackburn = Herbie Hancock + Jaco Pastorius … read more
Local Review: DJ Buttweed – Got My Money and Mercedes
DJ Buttweed = Jon Lajoie + Three Loco … read more
Local Review: Crook & The Bluff – Down To The...
Crook & the Bluff Down to the Styx Self-Released Street: 01.13 Crook & the Bluff = Those Poor Bastards + Lydia Lunch & Cypress Grove Down to the Styx is a rise and fall of a drawn-out song—eroded down to the twang of the guitar and redolent of all psychedelic hearts longing for the Southwestern desert.
Local Review: Cult Leader – Useless Animal EP
Cult Leader Useless Animal EP Deathwish Inc Street: 06.16 Cult Leader = Converge + Coalesce On the heels of the acclaimed debut Nothing For Us Here comes this tiny but crushing EP to grind the lesser music out of your ears. Both “Useless Animal” and “Gutter Gods” are short tracks, like brutal slashes with rusty
Local Review: Daniel Pimentel – Selfish Songs
Daniel Pimentel = Modest Mouse x Blitzen Trapper + Ben Gibbard … read more
