Reviews: Altars – Paramnesia

Reviews: Altars – Paramnesia
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Australia’s Altars follow leads like Portal’s weird atmospheres and the heavy guitar layering of Ulcerate, and most likely not even intentionally build on both of those elements.  … read more

Reviews: Action Bronson – Saaab Stories

Reviews: Action Bronson – Saaab Stories
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I expected more from Bronson’s debut, Saaab Stories, but was disappointed by his monotone raps. … read more

Reviews: Alex Chilton – Electricity by Candlelight

Reviews: Alex Chilton – Electricity by Candlelight
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On a dark and stormy night on February 13, 1997, the power went out as Alex Chilton and his band were about to play their second set of the night at the Knitting Factory in New York City.  … read more

Reviews: Speedy Ortiz – Major Arcana

Reviews: Speedy Ortiz – Major Arcana
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Major Arcana comes across as pretty, ’90s lo-fi grunge, and would be appropriate listening after watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer while wearing a flannel shirt and ripped jeans.  … read more

Reviews: Zola Jesus and JG Thirlwell featuring Milvox Quartet

Reviews: Zola Jesus and JG Thirlwell featuring Milvox Quartet
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Versions is existing Zola Jesus material reimagined with string arrangements by No Wave icon JG Thirlwell.  … read more

Reviews: Watain – The Wild Hunt

Reviews: Watain – The Wild Hunt
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I don’t quite understand why it is that Watain has become such a polarizing band in the metal underground—people either love them or absolutely despise them. … read more

Reviews: Void Meditation Cult/Sperm of Antichrist – Sulfurous Prayers of Blight and Darkness

Reviews: Void Meditation Cult/Sperm of Antichrist – Sulfurous Prayers of...
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What essentially amounts to a split release by the same band (Void Meditation Cult was previously called Sperm of Antichrist), the first side of Sulfurous Prayers of Blight and Darkness is Void Meditation Cult and the second side is Sperm of Antichrist—confused yet? … read more

Reviews: Turn Me On Dead Man – We Are The Star People

Reviews: Turn Me On Dead Man – We Are The...
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The new age mysticism concepts on We Are The Star People comes off as too contrived, the riffs are too cut-and-dried (especially when paired with the band’s Marc Bolan and George Harrison influences) and the lyrics sound like drivel spewed from a smug yuppie backpacking in India.  … read more

Reviews: Transplants – In a Warzone

Reviews: Transplants – In a Warzone
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After breaking up in 2005, shortly after the release of their second album Haunted Cities (I would’ve broken up after that album too…), this rap/punk supergroup has returned with a fun (if kinda dumb) new album.  … read more

Reviews: These Animals – Pages

Reviews: These Animals – Pages
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These “pages” nod back to late ‘90s alternative indie/emo. The problem is: That’s a place I don’t prefer to go. … read more