Authors: Russ Holsten
Local Review: Suburban Hell-Kill – In a Perfect World
Suburban Hell Kill = DRI + Off! … read more
Local Review: Tassellhoff – Turbo Hippie
Tassellhoff = A Danielle Ash guitar + Unplugged-Era Nirvana … read more
Local Review: Sex Room – InSnaketicide
Sex Room = Love And Rockets + Ramones + early Nirvana … read more
Local Review: Sentou – Towelette
Sentou = Washed Out + Mister Brightside … read more
Local Review: Johnny Betts – There Are No “A” Sides
Johnny Betts unfolds stories like sermons (with the preaching sucked out), using figures from Christian mythology in his lyrics. “There Are No ‘A’ Sides” contains love, loss, God and stories from the good book. Homegrown and emerging, Betts is a soon-to-be favorite. … read more
Local Review: Jake Haws – Good Grief
Jake Haws = Charlie Brown + James Taylor … read more
Local Review: Glume – Redefined Displeasures
Glume = Joy Division + a whisper of Angelo Badalamenti … read more
Local Review: Fat Candice – Self-titled
Fat Candice = Thin Lizzy + Screaming Trees … read more
Local Review: Fat Candice – Fat Candice(Stars)
They are masters at yanking at your music-memory strings and then shifting what’s familiar, turning it inside out, and making that sound their own. … read more
Review: Marissa Nadler, Stephen Brodsky – Droneflower
The songs on Droneflower play out like unpredictable pendulum swings. Some songs slither out soft-like and acoustic headed toward a metal grind that never comes, while others sound like raking gravel that Nadler barely tries to soften out. … read more