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![Review: Purgation – Exterminated Malfeasance](/uploads/301/6925-purgation-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Purgation – Exterminated Malfeasance
Behind the louder noises are stellar death metal groove punches and some just-as-stellar sweet bass playing. Looking at this record from the optimistic point of view, it’s damn pleasing, it just takes a few listens of aural adjustments and you get the full devastating effect of it all. … read more
![Review: Pro-Pain – The Final Revolution](/uploads/301/6924-pro-pain-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Pro-Pain – The Final Revolution
This is 12 cuts of the heaviest shit the band has done in a while. All the qualities you want in a metal record—riffs, grooves, crazy solos—yeah, it fucking rocks. I can’t find a bad song in the bunch. … read more
![Review: Poliça – Shulamith](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/polica-shulamith.jpg)
Review: Poliça – Shulamith
The album is murky and reverb-heavy and the band really immerses itself into the ’80s new wave synth pop genre without seeming too blatantly retro. “Tiff,” featuring Justin Vernon, is the trailblazing single for Shulamith. … read more
![Review: Pinkunoizu – The Drop](/uploads/301/6922-pinkunoizu-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Pinkunoizu – The Drop
They’ve combined classic rock-pop characteristics, like drum lines and bursting guitar sounds, but have kept it weird with ghostly vocals, lingering organ chords and unpredictable tone deviation. … read more
![Review: PEP – My Baby and Me](/uploads/301/6885-pep-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: PEP – My Baby and Me
Not sure if this is parody or homage, as My Baby and Me is clearly indebted to girl pop groups like The Ronettes and The Shangri-Las, but it brings absolutely nothing new or modern to add anything fresh to what those groups started. … read more
![Review: The Pack A.D. – Do Not Engage](/uploads/301/6884-pack13-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: The Pack A.D. – Do Not Engage
The follow-up to 2011’s Unpersons, Do Not Engage again finds The Pack deep inside the blues-rock universe with some sharp, tight guitar riffs and soulful, rough-spun vocals from Becky Black and driving rhythms from Maya Miller. … read more
![Review: Orrin Campbell – Nocturnal](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/orrin-campbell-nocturnal.jpg)
Review: Orrin Campbell – Nocturnal
Orrin Campbell, an 18-year-old rapper from Brooklyn, recorded this debut album in his NYU dorm. It’s downtempo hip hop set to atmospheric spacey beats—call it minimal seapunk, if you like. … read more
![Review: New Model Army – Between Dog And Wolf](/uploads/301/6920-new%20model%20army-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: New Model Army – Between Dog And Wolf
This would be perfect for the road trip to Burning Man, or for any fire performance, as it is packed with tribal drum beats, grungy guitar riffs and a pinch of spaghetti Western twang. The lyrics carry you away and make you think. … read more
![Review: Nausea – Condemned to the System](/uploads/301/6883-nausea-condemned-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Nausea – Condemned to the System
It’s a given that January is going to start with a lot of nausea, but this Nausea is a different kind. It’s the band of grindcore (not the crust punk band) legend Oscar Garcia, who did the vocals on Terrorizer’s World Downfall album. … read more
![Review: Mt. Royal – Self-Titled](/uploads/301/6919-mt%20royal-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Mt. Royal – Self-Titled
“More” has a certain Peter Bjorn and John feel and is a little more upbeat, though vocals stay in the shadows. “Yes Your Majesty” has great bass that travels over casual synth backings and lazy slide guitar. “Mockingbird” has nice acoustic strums over snappy, quick-paced drums—it reminds me of closing credits for a 007 movie. … read more