Music
Review: The Sonics – This is the Sonics
The Sonics This is the Sonics Revox Street: 03.31 The Sonics = Little Richard + Barrence Whitfield and the Savages At last, after 49 years, the original garage punkers come back with their unique blend of R&B-influenced garage rock with their brand-new, recorded-in-mono-tone album, This is the Sonics. It appears to pick up where they
Review: Ceremony – The L-Shaped Man
Ceremony The L-Shaped Man Matador Records Street: 05.19 Ceremony = The A Frames + Mode Moderne “Aw ma gawd, Ceremony is abandoning hardcore,” said every review I found when researching this album. Fuck the haters, this album is awesome. Is it Ceremony? Not really. It’s more akin to a goth-surf song than the powerviolence
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: Michael Vidal – Dream Center
Michael Vidal = Morrissey + Real Estate + The Drums … read more
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: Various Artists – OIM: Vol. 1
OIM: Vol. 1 = Sandra Kolstad + Nyx + B. Hamilton … read more
Review: Bully – Feels Like
Bully Feels Like Columbia Street: 06.23 Bully = Japandroids + Best Coast + Yuck The first thing that came to my raised-on-Disney brain upon hearing Bully was that if Ashley Spinelli from Recess—9 and donning moto boots—started a band, it would sound like this. Overwhelming at first–maybe with the volume of rock-solid grindy guitar and
Review: Skinless – Only the Ruthless Remain
Skinless = Suffocation + Aborted + Decrepit Birth … read more
Review: Lucifer – Lucifer I
Lucifer = Laura Branigan + Castle … read more
Review: Tree Blood – I Am A Disgusting Pig
Tree Blood = Thee Oh Sees / Japandroids … read more
Review: Marion Walker – Serious Picnic
Marion Walker = The Black Angels + Moon Duo … read more
Review: Prinzhorn Dance School – Home Economics
Prinzhorn Dance School = The xx + Big Audio Dynamite / Joy Division … read more
