Authors: Russ Holsten
Review: Winkie – Come to My Party
Winkie describe their music as the sound of drowning, imagery reflected on the cover of their second full-length album. Come To My Party is an invitation. It’s definitely not an invitation to a party with balloons and frosted cakes with kids from school giving you hastily bought presents from the thrift store. This party is more like a meat grinder with strobe lights. … read more
Local Review: Johnny Betts – There Are No “A” Sides
Johnny Betts unfolds stories like sermons (with the preaching sucked out), using figures from Christian mythology in his lyrics. “There Are No ‘A’ Sides” contains love, loss, God and stories from the good book. Homegrown and emerging, Betts is a soon-to-be favorite. … read more
Review: La Luz – Floating Features
La Luz = Dick Dale and His Del-tones + Shannon And The Clams … read more
Local Review: Fat Candice – Fat Candice(Stars)
They are masters at yanking at your music-memory strings and then shifting what’s familiar, turning it inside out, and making that sound their own. … read more
Local Review: Mother Lights – Night Magic
The instrumentation on Night Magic allows the perfect support for Mother Lights’ powerful words that makes this quiet album loud and clear. … read more
Local Review: Sentou – Towelette
Sentou = Washed Out + Mister Brightside … read more
Review: Chelsea Wolfe – Birth of Violence
Chelsea Wolfe = Lana Del Ray + Emma Ruth Rundle + Black Sabbath … read more
Review: Hælos – Full Circle
Hælos = Massive Attack + Portishead + Morcheeba … read more
Review: NOFX – First Ditch Effort
NOFX = Fat Mike + A Hepatitis Bathtub + 30 years … read more
Review: Protomartyr – Consolation E.P.
Protomartyr = Preoccupations + MC5 … read more