Month: June 2014
![Local Review: Breaux – Black Wolf](/uploads/307/7901-a1305857183_2-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Breaux – Black Wolf
Breaux Black Wolf Self-Released Street: 03.07 Breaux = Scissorfight + He Is Legend Welp, this album has cemented Breaux as one of my new favorite local acts, sucker as I am for some tough-as-coffin-nails Southern metal. The best thing about this album is its incredible range. It has more than just typical Dixie sway, pulling
![Local Review: Bludgeon Muffin – Revolt](/uploads/306/7772-bludgeon-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Bludgeon Muffin – Revolt
This album—more of an EP, really—is solid, standard reggae. The bass goes as deep as your headphones will let it, and the guitars cascade over with some genre-standard up-strokes and some pretty tasty solos—though some are a little long. … read more
![Local Review – The Wild War – Valley Rain EP](/uploads/306/7790-wild%20war-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review – The Wild War – Valley Rain EP
Listening to four songs is almost enough to get to know a band, though in this case, I feel like there might be something missing. “The Architecture,” is a cool, solemn and folksy number that really draws from The Devil Whale. … read more
![Review: Gladenfold – From Dusk To Eternity](/uploads/306/7798-407351-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Gladenfold – From Dusk To Eternity
Even though it sounds like a smooth blend of bands from Spinefarm’s early years, Gladenfold mixes just enough power metal into their synth-driven melodic death metal to breathe life into a genre I had given up on years ago. … read more
![Review: Frantix – My Dad’s A Fuckin’ Alcoholic](/uploads/306/7797-frantix-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Frantix – My Dad’s A Fuckin’ Alcoholic
Frantix was an early ’80s band from Colorado that blended their own take on hardcore music with standard ’80s rock. They released two 7” records during their run, and this CD collects all of that music with live tracks and unreleased demos into one place. … read more
![Review: Ex-Cult – Midnight Passenger](/uploads/306/7793-mi0003710304-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Ex-Cult – Midnight Passenger
The moment the vocals come in on Midnight Passenger’s opening track, “Shattered Circle,” you might notice yourself thinking, “Hell yeah, young people with a new take on late seventies/early eighties L.A. punk.” … read more
![Review: Enthroned – Sovereigns](/uploads/306/7796-a0413140941_10-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Enthroned – Sovereigns
Sit back, throw away your goddamned Deafheaven and Liturgy albums, and embrace the true progression of black metal. … read more
![Review: Dylan Champagne & The Lost Explorers – The Bones EP](/uploads/306/7792-a0949111521_10-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Dylan Champagne & The Lost Explorers – The Bones...
The first time I heard this album, I fucking hated it. I figured that there was nothing new to be done with the original rock ‘n roll sound. The rock n’ roll and rockabilly sound has been around forever, what could they possibly do to make it innovative? Dylan Champagne and Co. manages to take a fresh perspective on the genre by adding a nice modern indie twist. … read more
![Review: Dinos Boys – Last Ones](/uploads/306/7822-dinos%20boys%20last%20ones-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Dinos Boys – Last Ones
Dinos Boys = early The Damned x The Boys … read more
![Review: Corrosion of Conformity – IX](/uploads/306/7754-corrosionofconformityix-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Corrosion of Conformity – IX
This is the Corrosion of Conformity I grew up on—equal parts jam and technicality, and catchy as hell. … read more