June 2005
Local Review: Never Never – EP + LP
The vocals of Never Never are the metal equivalent of screamo — one minute is intimate-disturbing-melodic crooning, the next is guttural screams. … 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
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: 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: 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
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: 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: Death Du Jour – Fragments of Perdition
If you are into Drawn and Quartered, Mortician, Centinex or anything in between, you should own this release of Death Du Jour! … read more
Review: Cricco Castelli – La Casa del Jazz
Smooooooooth. Producer Cricco Castelli debuts on this classic label with a hot fiery number set and jet for summer. … 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: Cerrone – Not too Shabby
Here comes another great Cerrone classic after 26 years of life. Purple Music gives it another round of life with Jamie Lewis assigned to remix duty. … read more
Review: Anal Vomit – Demoniac Flagellations
The name Anal Vomit makes one expect this band to be yet another ridiculous gore-grind band — not so! … read more
