Westward = She Wants Revenge × The Killers … read more
Local Review: Westward – Empire of Deception
Local Review: Wey – Self-titled
Wey = The Stooges + X
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Local Review: zonekidd – resurrection of a dead flower
zonekidd = Greaf + Jinsang + Oregontrail … read more
Local Review: zonekidd – if i die, just know i actually liked you
zonekidd = Lorn + Sushileaf + Nosnija
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Local Review: XavierTheRapper – 8 Man
XavierTheRapper = Lil Tracy + Lil Skies + Night Lovell … read more
Local Review: Young Yankee – THE DEFIANT
Young Yankee = G-Eazy + J Cole + Mac Miller … read more
Local Review: When Cars Crash – All Kinds of Comfortable
WHEN CARS CRASH ALL KINDS OF COMFORTABLE (2002) Hibiscus Zombie When Cars Crash = Jade Tree Records + chutzpah One of the hardest things for me to do when helping out with Death by Salt was having to cut When Cars Crash’s track, “Shattered Smile”, from the comp after finding out it was previously released
Local Review: Yield – Self-titled demo
Yield Self-titled demo Yield = Alice in Chains + Metallica’s “Sanitarium” + Extreme Mid-80s chunka-chunka low-end metal parleys with tender, suicidal Alice-in-Chains ballads touching on themes of mind-rupturing confusion with plenty of guitar-pick’d arpeggios and minor chords (choicest example: “Brainwash”). It’s been done before, but Yield succeeds at a much-traversed genre because they’re completely
Local Review: Yaotl Mictlan – Self-titled demo
Yaotl Mictlan Self-titled demo Yaotl Mictlan = Mayhem + Mexico Yaotl Mictlan deliver black metal with a primal, South American heart, what Rene Gomez, lead singer, calls “pre-Colombian metal.” The opening track, “Decendiendo al Xibalba” starts with the sound of wood flutes, beads shaking, and what sounds like the deep yelling of an immense crowd.
Local Review: Zu with Xabier Iriondo/Iceburn 10″ – 9 Songs
Zu with Xabier Iriondo/Iceburn 10″ 9 Songs Wallace Records Street: 09.2006 Zu/Iceburn = Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music + John Zorn Painkiller + Belly Button Iceburn’s split 10″ with Italian outfit Zu is reminiscent of Iceburn’s early sound. Ironically enough, this is Iceburn’s last will and testament (five years after the fact) as they hand
Local Review: xCool Your Jetsx – Saving Grace
xCool Your Jetsx Saving Grace Seventh Dagger Records Street: 05.08 xCool Your Jetsx = Gorilla Biscuits + Youth of Today + 2007 Although I’ve never been straight edge, I’ve always had a fondness for a few straight edge bands, and a certain respect for the bands (and kids) that stayed away from the “tough guy”
Local Reviews: Cathy Foy
“I can carry my own weight, I can carry my own sins, away,” Cathy Foy delicately sings on “I Became a Flash” from her sophomore release, Quiet as the Hour. Most of us are accustomed to seeing Foy behind a drum set playing for scene makers such as Hang Time, Future of the Ghost, Bluebird Radio, The Awful Truth, The Downers and more. On Quiet, Foy showcases a newfound confidence in songwriting and performance. … read more
