Year: 2015
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: Fossil Arms – Only Ever Have Nightmares When...
Fossil Arms = New Order + Ian Curtis … read more
Local Review: Faces In Mountains – Brain Slave EP
Faces In Mountains = Lymbyc Systym + Bugfood + Mooninite … read more
Local Review: Dusk Raps – All Is Fair
Dusk Raps = El-P + Aesop Rock + YZE … read more
Local Review: DulceSky – Spies Of The System: 03–14
DulceSky = Depeche Mode + Alcest + The Cure + Echo and the Bunnymen … read more
Local Review: False Witness – Ascent To Chaos
False Witness Ascent To Chaos Self-Released Street: 03.28 False Witness = Avenged Sevenfold + Mudvayne + Sepultura Upon first listen to False Witness and their album Ascent To Chaos, I felt that I was handed another generic melodic metalcore release within the “paint by numbers” realm. After the fourth listen, I realized that I was