Review: Author & Punisher – Melk En Honing

Review: Author & Punisher – Melk En Honing
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Author & Punisher Melk En Honing Housecore Street: 06.30 Author & Punisher = Iszoloscope + Aphex Twin + Darko4 Tristan Shone has used his “Drone and Dub” machines to create a release full of harsh, droning metal and pounding rhythms. The ingenuity of these mechanical devices and how they play their sounds simply astonishes me.

Review: White Reaper – White Reaper Does It Again

Review: White Reaper – White Reaper Does It Again
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White Reaper White Reaper Does It Again Polyvinyl Records Street: 07.17 White Reaper = King Tuff + Ty Segall / Hunx and His Punx The album title of White Reaper’s follow-up tells a painstaking story: Reaper is content with recycling the same approach they presented to us with their debut. The consensus on the Kentucky

Review: Bosse-de-Nage – All Fours

Review: Bosse-de-Nage – All Fours
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Bosse-de-Nage All Fours Profound Lore Street: 04.14 Bosse-de-Nage = Deafheaven + Sannhet A common theme in early press for the new Bosse-de-Nage album is that their last release was a split 12” with fellow Bay Area black metal band Deafheaven, and not without reason. Deafheaven have significant crossover appeal and have brought black metal at

Review: Downtown Boys – Full Communism

Review: Downtown Boys – Full Communism
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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: Youth Worship – LP1

Review: Youth Worship – LP1
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Youth Worship LP1 Self Harm Records Street: 06.30 Youth Worship = Local H + Hum + R.E.M. Even though this new project from Asobi Seksu’s James Hanna started off compellingly enough with the rad EP1, their debut album, LP1, turned out to be a far cry from it. Somehow, they fell prey to something of

Review: MIDIval Punditz – Light

Review: MIDIval Punditz – Light
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MIDIval Punditz = Karsh Kale + Tabla Beat Science … read more

Review: Unruh – Tombs 3xLP Discography

Review: Unruh – Tombs 3xLP Discography
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In celebration of their 20th anniversary, Unruh’s discography is being reissued as a 3 LP box set. The set contains Unruh’s two full-lengths, Misery Strengthened By Faith and Setting Fire to Sinking Ships, as well as a third disc of their various 7”s and demo recordings. … read more