Review: [:SITD] – Stronghold

Review: [:SITD] – Stronghold
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[:SITD:] Stronghold Metropolis 5/5 Originally released on Accession Records, [:SITD:] has become one of my favorite acts to come out in the last few years. It all started with their single, “Snuff Machinery,” on the Septic II compilation on Dependent Records. The infamous Snuff EP created a buzz in 2002, leading people to wonder when

Review: :wumpscut: – Evoke

Review: :wumpscut: – Evoke
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:wumpscut: Evoke Metropolis Street: 04.12   Because my expectations were pretty low due to the preview, the Blondi single, I’ll admit that I’m not disappointed with this release. The album starts off with a crackwhore waltz featuring the wretched female vocals that are like fingernails on a chalkboard on “Maiden.” Vocoder distortion helps her at

Sample Jack: An Interview with Meat Beat Manifesto

Sample Jack: An Interview with Meat Beat Manifesto
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It was around 1990 when I was staying up late on Sunday nights to watch 120 Minutes on MTV when Meat Beat Manifesto first grabbed my attention. The video to “Psyche-Out” came on. I was touched with the finest electronic music that aided in my discovery of the Wax Trax musicians. I began scrawling “Meat

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Local Reviews: Twilight Transmissions

Local Reviews: Twilight Transmissions
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I had the luck of getting to finally see a Twilight Transmissions performance and it was beyond fantastic. So when I got my hands on Two Faces of Zazen I couldn’t wait to listen. The rawness, textures and rhythm-noise from the debut self-titled release is still evident, yet the project is transformed into a more experimental but tenacious work.  … read more