Review: Porya Hatami – Arrivals and Departures

Review: Porya Hatami – Arrivals and Departures
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Porya Hatami = Siavash Amini + Asfandyar Khan + Stars of the Lid … read more

Top 5: Necrophagia

Top 5: Necrophagia
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The legacy of horror, terror and old-school death metal that is Wellsville, Ohio’s Necrophagia keeps getting better and better. Their seventh release, WhiteWorm Cathedral, is sure to open up the seven seals of Hell and unleash the apocalypse in the form of aural destruction and mental imagery assaults. Necrophagia incorporate an almost obsessive love for horror films which, in addition to the band’s own ideas and interpretations of those horrors, have always made for fun listening. … read more

Review: Primus – Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble

Review: Primus – Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the...
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Primus = Flaming Lips’ The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs and Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon + Disney’s Splash Mountain … read more

Top 5: Pink Mountaintops

Top 5: Pink Mountaintops
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Get Back received mixed reviews across the board—some reviewers lauded the album as a rock n’ roll tour de force (Mojo, PopMatters) and others expressed wishy-washy reactions (Paste, Pitchfork). Most seemed, to some extent, to decry the sixth track, “North Hollywood Microwaves” because Annie Hardy (Giant Drag) raps about the joys of cum, declaring “I am a slut!” amid her blithe confessions of bestiality with donkeys and bears (because men no longer satisfy her). The prank worked. … read more

Review: The Wytches – Annabel Dream Reader

Review: The Wytches – Annabel Dream Reader
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The Wytches = The Smashing Pumpkins + The Black Angels + Silversun Pickups … read more