Review: Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed

Review: Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed
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Wiegedood De Doden Hebben Het Goed Consouling Sounds Street: 05.08 Wiegedood = Gorgoroth + Merrimack Wiegedood play a furious style of black metal that has an inherent viciousness. The tracks are longer and seep into your psyche, shaking you from the inside. The riffs are intelligent and memorable, and the songwriting is structured just right

Review: LA Font – Hangtime Vol. 1 EP

Review: LA Font – Hangtime Vol. 1 EP
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LA Font Hangtime Vol. 1 EP Fleeting Youth Records Street: 04.23 LA Font = The Cute Lepers + Elvis Costello LA Font traverse the gray line of power pop and electric rock n’ roll with a display of wonderful ease. Their EP, Hangtime Vol. 1, cuts through the dull void of silence with a pronounced

Local Review: 90s Television – Bad 4 the Tooth

Local Review: 90s Television – Bad 4 the Tooth
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90s Television Bad 4 the Tooth Self-Released Street: 12.12.14 90s Television = Animal Collective + Devendra Banhart + The Strokes Bad 4 the Tooth is a seven-track collection of burned-out, sleepy tunes that sway nicely across bizarre landscapes. With a name like 90s Television, I’ll admit that I had nostalgically charged expectations. However, their style

Review: Institute – Catharsis

Review: Institute – Catharsis
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Institute Catharsis Sacred Bones Street: 06.09 Institute = The Dead Boys + Gang of Four A thin-toned, catchy guitar riff begins “Perpetual Ebb,” the first track on Catharsis, and it seems to set the BPM for the whole record. Like most good albums swaying toward the punk genre, the speed enables perpetual pogoing. The vocals,

Review: Roger O’Donnell with Julia Kent

Review: Roger O’Donnell with Julia Kent
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Roger O’Donnell with Julia Kent = Peter Broderick + Hauschka + A Winged Victory For the Sullen … read more

Review: Jenny Hval – Apocalypse, girl

Review: Jenny Hval – Apocalypse, girl
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Jenny Hval Apocalypse, girl Sacred Bones Street: 06.09 Jenny Hval = 
Laurie Anderson + Kate Bush + FKA Twigs Apocalypse, girl is intimate, redolent of how an experimental documentary art film might translate to sound. Jenny Hval pervades her reality with musings about her state of being in the world—how she wants to live and

Review: Jeen – Tourist

Review: Jeen – Tourist
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Jeen Tourist Self-Released Street: 06.30 Jeen = Alanis Morissette + Mazzy Star I have a musical crush on Jeen O’ Brien; there is something very nostalgically ’90s about her singer/songwriter style. Tourist sounds like a woman who has a score to settle—“Buena Vista” is a demanding foot stomper with plenty of angst contrasting her softer,