August 2013
Review: Oathbreaker – Eros|Anteros
Eros|Anteros should be more enjoyable than it is—it’s like going to a restaurant where the menu looks amazing and the food is decent, but you won’t recall what you ate the next day. … read more
Review: O’Brother – Disillusion
Hailing from Atlanta, Ga., O’Brother are a five-piece sonic powerhouse. … read more
Review: OBNOX – Ohio EP
Canabible Ohio is a bizarre trip through hip hop, soul, punk and gospel filtered through a decrepit tape deck and speakers shot to shit. … read more
Review: October Gold – Bridge of the Sun
A folk duo from Canada, the band October Gold is made up of Kit Soden and Aliza Thibodeau, but for this album, they brought in over 20 other musicians to help create a more symphonic sound overall. … read more
Review: MB – Mental Machination Musing and Hic Omnia Ur-Aizib
I’ve always been on the fence regarding musicians/artists who mesh noise with dark ambient or soundscape-type material: Sometimes I absolutely adore it, and sometimes I simply throw the physical copy in the garbage. … read more
Review: Man Overboard – Heart Attack
With a motto like “Defend Pop Punk,” it shouldn’t be surprising when a band like Man Overboard sticks pretty heavily to the formula. … read more
Review: Koltum – Funeral of Flesh
There’s nothing like a healthy dose of hate, and Koltum give that hate tenfold with Funeral of Flesh. … read more
Review: La Machine – Phases and Repetition
I can’t help but imagine these tracks backing a David Lynch film—something along the lines of a black Cadillac racing through the desert night pursued by creepy-looking pale corpses in dark suits. … read more
Review: Lord Dying – Summon The Faithless
Lord Dying, a Portland quartet featuring former stalwarts of the SLC metal scene, remind us why we first fell for metal. … read more
Review: letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful
Starting on a great note with the awful production quality and muddy vocals on “Banshee (Ghost Fame),” right away this is a painful album to struggle through. … read more
Review: Jimmy Eat World – Damage
Even softer than the already soft Invented, Damage continues the downward spiral into maturity and monotony. … read more
Review: Infectious Garage Disease – Self Titled
Released in that pivotal time when longhairs started hitting the matinees and punx copped to liking Slayer (Hanneman RIP), IGD is as much Suicidal as it is Meatmen. … read more
