Month: July 2015
Review: Fractal Mirror – Garden of Ghosts
Fractal Mirror = Yes + The Verve Pipe / Genesis … read more
Review: Falling Stacks – No Wives
Falling Stacks No Wives Battle Worldwide Street: 06.08 Falling Stacks = Mclusky + Burning Airlines + The Mae Shi Post-hardcore is a difficult genre to penetrate for me. The genre dances around the edges, obscuring meaning with angular guitar riffs and vocals that vacillate between lackadaisical mumblings and bursts of energy. These guys from Bristol
Review: EZTV – Calling Out
EZTV Calling Out Captured Tracks Street: 07.10 EZTV = The Only Ones + Twerps + Juan Wauters Sometimes, all one needs is the sweet, simple sensation of tunes that represent the uplifting, positive nature of something smooth and non-controversial. EZTV’s Calling Out has the sensibilities of calm 1960s pop, the soft punch of late-’70s power
Review: Expert Alterations – Self-Titled
Expert Alterations = The Close Lobsters x The Wedding Present x The June Brides x The Clean … read more
Review: External Menace / The Droogettes – Split 7″
External Menace/The Droogettes = The Varukers + UK Subs + The Damned + The Adicts … read more
Review: Faith Healer – Cosmic Troubles
Faith Healer = Beach House + Best Coast + Jenny Lewis … read more
Review: Eternal Summers – Gold and Stone
Eternal Summers Gold and Stone Kanine Records Street: 05.26 Eternal Summers = Cold Beat + Black Tambourine Even in their name, Eternal Summers evokes a kind of summertime nostalgia, mixing a subtle punk attitude from classic influences like the Wipers with a ’90s lo-fi sound. Gold and Stone is the fourth full-length release that the
Review: Downtown Boys – Full Communism
Downtown Boys Full Communism Don Giovanni Records Street: 05.02 Downtown Boys = X-Ray Spex + Black Flag Downtown Boys deliver a ferocious display of killer sax and some on-point, no-bullshit punk rock. Through their bilingual Marxist-feminist lyrics, Downtown Boys smash through a genre that is traditionally white and male. They’ve got an infectious energy that
Review: Dustin Lovelis – Dimensions
Dustin Lovelis Dimensions Porch Party Records Street: 05.19 Dustin Lovelis = Lapland + Sam Cohen / Woods Multi-instrumentalist Dustin Lovelis offers the world his solo debut album in the form of Dimensions. It’s an ambitious effort, one that shows Lovelis creating songs out of country and subtle psychedelic elements to create mostly pop songs. Lovelis’
Review: Dorthia Cottrell – Self-Titled
Dorthia Cottrell = Lilly Hiatt + Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove … read more
Review: Ducktails – St. Catherine
Ducktails = Real Estate + Donovan Blanc … read more
Review: Drinks – Hermits On Holiday
Drinks = Interacción + Anika + Serge Gainsbourg … read more
