Review: Bipolaroid – Twin Language - SLUG Magazine

Review: Bipolaroid – Twin Language

Posted on December 31, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

I haven’t heard an album with this same perfection of vintage sound in a long time. Songs such as “Tonight We Paint the Town Our Favorite Colour” and “Efflorescent Adolescent” (plus basically every other song on the album) sound like they could be missing tracks from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. … read more

Review: Blank Realm – Grassed Inn

Posted on February 6, 2014 (May 19, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

Cover art for Grassed Inn by Blank Realm.

On one end, there is the dance of the psychedelic and electronica with a splash of synth that makes up most of the tracks like “Violet Delivery” and “Reach You on the Phone.” On the other end, there is the steady, catchy beat of “Falling Down the Stairs” that evokes a nostalgia for Echo and the Bunnymen. … read more

Review: Birds of Passage – This Kindly Slumber

Posted on February 6, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

On her latest album for Denovali, Merz steps in front of the microphone and behind the thousand blinking lights of pedals and sequencers to create an album full of elegiac drones and deconstructed neofolk tunes that form out of the ether like a heavy mist across a bog or clouds quietly forming on the horizon. … read more

Review: Big Sexy Noise – Collision Course & Trust the Witch

Posted on February 6, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Ultra fuzzed-out guitars, combined with weird-ass background effects fill up most, if not all of the space behind the lyrics. Lydia Lunch, an impressive vocalist, usually sounds incredibly creepy and will probably haunt my dreams for the remainder of my life. … read more

Review: Black Knights – Medieval Chamber

Posted on March 6, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Prepare for sounds of electronica with unrelated samples and effects, which are backed with an orchestra and an occasional chorus. Rugged Monk and Crisis spit harmoniously with the beats, hitting you with those West Coast, hard-hitting flows. … read more

Review: BlakOPz – As Nations Decay

Posted on March 6, 2014 (August 11, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

BlakOPz - As Nations Decay album artwork

“Debris Machine” has to be my favorite track, as it has a perfect layout of how backing industrial and synth tracks can be blended. The vocals on this release confirm that a revisit to the old industrial style is taking place. … read more

Review: Blac Kolor – Wide Noise

Posted on April 30, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

This release enlightened my ears regarding how one can take the simplest, single sound and transform it into a very complex piece of music. To fully appreciate this, use headphones to hear the depth of each beat and the differences between the left and right. … read more