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Review: Mothboy – The Fears
MOTHBOY THE FEARS Ad Noiseam 5/5 Two or three tracks into The Fears, thoughts immediately went to Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto and to Scorn’s Mick Harris. The music is distinctly different from both, but the influences seem so obvious. Onto my research, I discovered that Mothboy’s Simon Smerdon lists both as influences and
Review: 2% – VA
2% VA Reduced Phat 5/5 The first album off Florida’s Reduced Phat label has marked the music world with the brilliant 2% non-compilation. For starts, the trigger-release CD case lets you know you have something different and good in your hands. Drum’n’Bass, break core and electronica fuse three musicians into one cohesive and addictive sect
Review: Laibach – Anthems And The Videos
LAIBACH ANTHEMS AND THE VIDEOS Mute 5/5 Laibach is an act that has surpassed the test of time. The Slovenian, multi-media act came into exsistence in 1980, and proved to be controversial before ever releasing an album or performing a show. Dressed in Yugoslav army uniforms with specially designed insignias on the arm bands,
Review: Icon Of Coil – Uploaded And Remixed
ICON OF COIL UPLOADED AND REMIXED Metropolis 4.5/5 Icon of Coil set out to do more damage to dance clubs across the globe when releasing UploadedandRemixed. The Oslo boys released their third album, Machines Are Us, only a few months ago, then did a U.S. tour and now are outdoing themselves with fourteen tracks
Review: Hocico – Wrack and Ruin
HOCICO WRACK AND RUIN Metropolis 5/5 There is a special feeling when listening to a band for the first time and you are blown away by how good it is and you know you have just unearthed something amazing. That happened for me several years ago when I discovered Hocico’s first album, Odio Bajo
Review: The Lamb Of God – Ashes Of The Wake
The Lamb Of God Ashes Of The Wake EPIC The Lamb of God precision attack is honed and ready to destroy everything in its…wake. Ashes Of The Wake is the latest from L.O.G., and like its predecessor, As The Palaces Burn (2003), Ashes… is comfortably situated as one of the best albums of the year.
Review: The Coffee Kids – Dangerous Frequencies
THE COFFEE KIDS “DANGEROUS FREQUENCIES” MN2S Records Causing quite a stir among the likes of Miguel Migs, Sandy Rivera and Brian Tappert, this jazz-filled flight will engage you on an energetic journey to club land. Produced by Cricco Castelli (coffee king) and Gavin ‘Face’ Mills (Copyright), this full-blooded house groove reminds me of a hybrid
Review: DJ Ebar – In The Springtime
DJ EBAR “IN THE SPRINGTIME” Look At You Records We’re blessed to have one of New York’s finest DJs on board, this month. DJ Ebar (a.k.a. Eric Reithler-Barros) has been spinning cutting-edge house music since 1991, and more recently, he launched his own label, Sifted Recordings, in association with his studio partner Ramie Burns. Now
Review: David Harness/Charles Spencer – The Taboo Jazz EP
DAVID HARNESS/CHARLES SPENCER “THE TABOO JAZZ EP” Loveslap! Recordings Conceived and created by labelhead Charles Spencer and the legendary David Harness, this diverse three-tracker is worth your time! Love-side features “Breezy’s Groove,” laden with organic jazz-riffed guitar over a synthetic bass-line; it’s a melodic complex mixed with syncopated rhythms. “Tribal Stomp” is possibly the peak-timer
Review: Juke Joint – Baby Don’t Cry
JUKE JOINT “BABY DON’T CRY” Look At You Records From Denver’s Look at You Records, we have the latest release from this superb label. Featuring the vocal talent of Earl Bennett, this modern-day percussive ride takes you on an “old school” feel. Comparable to early recordings by Murk and Kings of Tomorrow (KOT), this