Month: July 2015
Review: Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly Top Dawg Entertainment Street: 03.15 Kendrick Lamar = The past 100 years of black American music x Compton At this point, Butterfly is old news. Still, it’s worth mentioning that it’s one of the most important pop records ever made. Few albums are this salient in their time, this
Review: Kitty Empire – Superliminal Audio Wreck
Kitty Empire = Revolting Cocks + Pierrepoint + G.G. Allin … read more
Review: Kathryn Calder – Self-Titled
Kathryn Calder = The New Pornographers + Maria Taylor + The Shins … read more
Review: Jello Biafra and the New Orleans Ranch and Soul...
Jello Biafra and The New Orleans Raunch and Soul All-Stars Walk On Jindal’s Splinters Alternative Tentacles Street: 05.12 Jello Biafra and The New Orleans Raunch and Soul All-Stars = The Animals + Ernie K. Doe + Jello Biafra + John Fred and His Playboy Band This live album is the result of a night inspired
Review: Jeen – Tourist
Jeen Tourist Self-Released Street: 06.30 Jeen = Alanis Morissette + Mazzy Star I have a musical crush on Jeen O’ Brien; there is something very nostalgically ’90s about her singer/songwriter style. Tourist sounds like a woman who has a score to settle—“Buena Vista” is a demanding foot stomper with plenty of angst contrasting her softer,
Review: Institute – Catharsis
Institute Catharsis Sacred Bones Street: 06.09 Institute = The Dead Boys + Gang of Four A thin-toned, catchy guitar riff begins “Perpetual Ebb,” the first track on Catharsis, and it seems to set the BPM for the whole record. Like most good albums swaying toward the punk genre, the speed enables perpetual pogoing. The vocals,
Review: Iva Dawn – The Only One
Iva Dawn The Only One Triple Pop Street: 02.10 Iva Dawn = Florence + The Machine + Cate Le Bon The Only One is Iva Dawn’s six-track debut EP that came to life with the help of a Kickstarter campaign. Whitney Mower is originally from Provo, Utah, but left the LDS church and Salt Lake
Review: Jackson Scott – Sunshine Redux
Jackson Scott = Syd Barrett + Ty Segall … read more
Review: Insect Ark – Portal/Well
Insect Ark = King Woman + Locrian … read more
Review: Hoth – The Black Goddess Return
Hoth = Deströyer 666+ Desaster / Motörhead … read more
Review: Iron Reagan – Worse Than Dead
Iron Reagan = Municipal Waste + Havok x Vio-lence … read more
Review: Hælos – Earth Not Above
Hælos = Kindness / Barbarossa … read more
