July 2014
Review: New God – Firework
New God = Elliott Smith x Birds of Tokyo + Mac DeMarco … read more
Review: Nunslaughter – Angelic Dread
Nunslaugter = Carcass + Necrophagia + Splatterhouse … read more
Review: Mayhem – Esoteric Warfare
Mayhem = Thorns + old school Bathory … read more
Review: Minerva Superduty – Self-Titled
Minerva Superduty Self-Titled Self-Released Street: 03.09 Minerva Superduty = Lento + Pelican Minerva Superduty is an eccentric instrumental metal band that resides in the faraway Kalamata, Greece. Their new self-titled EP is a succinct yet powerful statement of how solid post-metal contains no geographic boundaries. Sludgy bass rhythms provide a general backbone throughout most of
Review: Manicanparty – The District EP
Manicanparty = The Cardigans + Phantogram … read more
Review: Lust For Youth – International
Lust For Youth International Sacred Bones Street: 06.10 Lust For Youth = (Cure / New Order) + (Real Lies x Kisses (The Heart Of The Nightlife era) Imagine a place where you can dance, cry and see the ocean all at once; welcome to International. It’s an album that’s never overtly sad or cheery, but
Review: Jhamasa Corinthian – Retro Love Arcade
Jhamasa Corinthian = Kelis + Big Boi … read more
Review: Harm Joy – Inside Out
Harm Joy = Assemblage 23 + Benny Benassi + Covenant … read more
Review: Guided By Voices – Cool Planet
Guided By Voices Cool Planet GBV Inc. Street: 05.13 Guided By Voices = Big Star + Syd Barrett – Roger Waters For those uninitiated into the ‘cult of Bob’ Pollard and GBV the best advice might be ‘give it time.’ These ideosyncratic sound worlds, like classic rock from another dimension, can take a while to
Local Review: VISTAAS – Sunkhronos
VISTAAS Sunkhronos Self-Released Street: 01.14 VISTAAS = Pierre Schaeffer + Oneohtrix Point Never Sunkhronos is a sample-heavy, cut-up work. This record has the feel of a found cassette in sections—the rare type where ferric tape hiss actually adds to the musicality. I would refer to it as musique concrète more readily than, say, a beat
Local Review: Visitors – Blueshift
Visitors Blueshift Self-Released Street: 06.20 Visitors = Deftones + Rush Rarely does an EP sound so much like a full-fledged album. Musical offerings of such satisfying integrity do not hatch, fully formed, by sheer happenstance. Blueshift combines fist-sized chunks of aboriginal talent with months of coffee-addicted, all-night hunkering sessions, to yield prog metal that feels
Local Review: Sam Page – The Slog in Uncertainty
Sam Page The Slog In Uncertainty Self-Released Street: 05.01 Sam Page = Pixies + Placebo + The Red Hot Chili Peppers The blind passion and talent for melody that came out of the early ’90s summarizes this album completely. The fact that it’s the brainchild of a Utahn just makes my music geek heart sing.
