Call it revivalism, call it rockabilly, call it whatever you want, The Bellfuries create a racket that is both soulful and accurate to the time it emulates. Taking their cues from rock n’ roll’s greatest decade, they […]
What a delightful mess! This album has long-ass song titles complete with parenthesis, at least four different languages, anti-cosmic worldviews and lyrics that mention some sort of pan-Eurasian demon/deity every second word.[..]
Times have changed very much in the world of this drone-heavy shoegaze duo. The musical atmosphere they once created, littered with washed out sounds reminiscent of Psychocnady-era Jesus And Mary Chain, has been skillfully replaced with a synth-heavy dream-pop sound more along the lines of what you […]
White Reaper have thundered to some prominence now, with the release of their 2014 self-titled EP, and magnified that as one of the standout performers at this year’s SXSW. Now, they are “back” with […]
Now that’s what I’m talking about. The 2013 debut grabbed my thumbs-up but failed to stick with me as time progressed. This time, I think the Norwegians hit the nail on the head.
Country music has made vast changes over the last 60 years. A genre once defined by songs about love, heartbreak, death, and life (typically the rougher side) in general. A genre where some of the best voices, musicians, lyricist […]
There is a persistent notion in the music world (and my head) that doom and sludge are ugly, jagged, muddy things wretched painfully out of the earth through torn-up throats and quasi-functional amps. While some bands in […}
Czarface are a talented trio of rappers who came together in 2013 and dropped one of the better hip hop albums of the new millennium with their self titled debut. Boston’s underground speed spitters 7L & Esoteric and Wu Tang Clan’s Inspectah Deck […]
Since we last heard from this group, Milwaukee surf pop trio Jaill has seen a couple of major changes preceding the release of Brain Cream. Having undergone a career restart of sorts, the band parted ways with two of its three original members, leaving singer/songwriter Vincent Kircher
If there’s two fads that seem to have hooked their roots into punk rock these days, it’s acoustic solo/side projects and band reunions. Bands just don’t seem to be able to stay broken up.
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