Music
Review: Enthroned – XES Hareticum
While most BM bands annoy me with their vocalists constantly screeching into the microphone, Enthroned’s vocalist is actually the focal point of the band for many people. … read more
Review: Usurper – Cryptobeast
I would have to say that, overall, this is a pretty crushing record, but I’ve heard better from these guys. … read more
Review: Codeseven – Dancing Echoes/Dead Sounds
Apparently Codeseven were once a screamcore band whose high watermark was a cover of “Boys of Summer.” One day they got older, heard Radiohead and traded in their metal. … read more
Review: Dynasty – Black Box
Dynasty, however, are rather enjoyable in that they take all the hand claps and mix it with a certain sleazy sound that has the same texture as a Soft Cell album. … read more
Review: Starflyer 59 – Talking Voice VS. Singing Voice
It’s epic in a small box theater, but not exactly made for big booming stadiums. … read more
Review: Kasabian – Self-Titled
Kasabian Self-Titled RCA Kasabian have been a guilty pleasure of mine since hearing the opening of “Club Foot.” Granted, they aren’t completely original. You can pinpoint various points in Manchester’s history of music that pop up in abundance throughout the album, fitting in somewhere post-Happy Mondays and the Charlatan’s happier days with a dash of
Review: Peter Murphy – Unshattered
Unshattered is aptly titled in that it never really rattles. … read more
Local Review: Gift Anon – Mum’s the Word
Heaps of reverb helps the darkness go down smooth and sugary, but in your stomach, it’ll explode with Gift Anon. … read more
Local Review: The Invisible Rays – Self-Titled
The Invisible Rays play often-slow, almost dirge-ish creep punk filled with plodding buzzsaw bass riffs, mournful or shouted vocals and sometimes-droning synths. … read more
Local Review: Iota – Three Tons
Iota, who, again, just to drive the point home, should be signed to Small Stone, combine the fast, catchy stoner fury of such luminaries as Fu Manchu … read more
Local Review: Medicine Circus – Bottle Rockets of Emotion
Medicine Circus combines the best of ’90s alt-rock with some grunge, catchy, accessible hooks, some technical sweeteners and ’60s psychedelia. … read more
Local Review: Mushman – Eddie Do
Nerdy and sensitive, sometimes sporting keys and vocal harmonies, Eddie Do makes me want to color with crayons, play with my computer and smile. … read more
