Fiendlord = Kataxu + early Nokturnal Mortum + Elffor
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Local Review: Folk Hogan – The Show
Folk Hogan The Show Self-Released Street: 04.10 Folk Hogan = Oingo Boingo + Tom Waits + In Extremo Folk Hogan have chosen an entirely new direction. The Show is a concept album centered on a nightmarish allegory of a troupe of carnival workers who feel trapped and resort to mayhem. With their signature quirkiness marinated
Local Review: Golden Plates – Eugenics
Golden Plates Eugenics Self-Released Street: 05.11 Golden Plates = (Lenny Kravitz x Monster Magnet) / The Strokes One of the toughest assignments I’ve had since I started writing for SLUG is the task of trying to define Golden Plates. Part blues, part distortion, part machismo rock n’ roll, it seems to be a music project
Local Review: G. Life – One-Five
G. Life = Tech N9ne x Nelly … read more
Local Review: Fever Dreams – Life has Departed
Fever Dreams = (Nails + His Hero is Gone) / Botch … read more
Local Review: God Country – Last Songs
Had this album come out in 2004, my 15-year-old self would’ve freaked out. To a degree, it uses the tried-and-true formula of distorted guitars with angry-soft vocals that crescendo into a cloud of noise so saturated in raw emotion, I inadvertently absorbed the singer’s climactic experience as my own. … read more
Local Review: Former Tides – What We Are EP
The post-hardcore scene has been dwindling as of late, but these guys brought some serious crashing guitar riffs to the studio just in case you forgot. The title track gets the EP started and really displays the overall sound Former Tides are going for. … read more
Local Review: Fisch Loops and Applegreen – Jabuticaba
Jabuticaba is a split-album—longer than, but related to, a split-EP—released both digitally and on cassette by local musicians Fisch Loops (Numbs, Furthermore, Julio Child, Daniel Tiger, Dani Lion) and Applegreen. … read more
Local Review: Foster Body – Moving Display
Foster Body = Gang of Four + Jad Fair + Erase Errata … read more
Local Review: Golden Plates – The Light
Golden Plates = Fang Island + NoFx + Titus Andronicus
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Local Review: Festive People – Parade
Festive People = Young the Giant + Imagine Dragons … read more
Local Review: Fisch Loops – luv not ded, ’tis SEXPLOITED!
Fisch Loops = Hype Williams + the Heliocentrics + Jodorowsky’s the Holy Mountain … read more
