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Review: Symbol – Online Architecture
Online Architecture is one of the greatest synth-based records to grace my inbox this year. … read more
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
Review: Collapse Under The Empire – Sacrifice & Isolation
Collapse Under The Empire = Sleepmakeswaves + 65daysofstatic + Aerogramme … read more
Review: Christos DC – Long Road
Long Road offers a soul-filled mix of jazz and downtempo reggae that is pleasant to the ears. … read more
Review: Boozoo Bajou – 4
Enter Boozoo Bajou, a couple of fellows from Germany with a band name so bad, they ought to be dick punched. Their music is pretty, I suppose, and I’ll admit it does create “a mood.” The problem is that the mood is a bit—zzz … … read more
Review: Blue Matches – Starting Over
Going for a throwback to the ‘90s with this one, with femme rock fit with fuzzy guitar riffs that briefly breach into a more hardcore, alt-punk pop along the same lines as Pink or maybe Good Charlotte. … read more
Review: Banner Pilot – Souvenir
Normally, I really enjoy softer forms of punk rock—as long as there is enough emotion in the lyrics and music, it always keeps me enthralled. Unfortunately, this album doesn’t grab me in the same way that Off With Their Heads or The Riverboat Gamblers did when I first listened to them. … read more
Review: Stagnant Pools – Geist
I could probably fill most of the shoegaze reviews I write with half-hearted comparisons to Slowdive and be done with ’em. That’s what I thought here, at first, with the opening song “You Whir,” but a different narrative unfolded upon subsequent listenings. … read more
Review: Andrew Jackson Jihad – Christmas Island
Like their previous albums, Andrew Jackson Jihad has created a disturbed eulogy to a candy-coated world view. … read more
Review: Amen Dunes – Love
Love is songwriter Damon McMahon’s latest release as Amen Dunes on Sacred Bones Records. … read more