Review: Locusta – Dendromorphosis

Review: Locusta – Dendromorphosis
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With a few listens through this four-song EP release and my interest completely lacking, I looked backward. The Columbus, Ohio, tech/prog/death band has a full-length release, and surprisingly enough, the full-length sounded way more interesting than this set of tunes. … read more

Review: Leticia Rodriguez Garza – Sagüita Al Bate

Review: Leticia Rodriguez Garza – Sagüita Al Bate
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The niece of musician Eva Garza, who was one of the first bilingual artists to cross over into the United States mainstream during the ‘40s and ’50s, has created an ode to her aunt by recording songs that were previously unrecorded, as is the case with the title track, along with re-interpretations of other songs. … read more

Review: Laboratory 5 – Awake In The Dark

Review: Laboratory 5 – Awake In The Dark
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This is the kind of music you listen to when you’re partying until the sun comes up. Not just that—it’s the kind of music you hear at some illegal desert rave that lasts until the cops come. … read more

Review: Krieg – Transient

Review: Krieg – Transient
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A few seconds into listening to Transient, I felt as though I popped some nasty pain-inducing drug that even most masochists would avoid. … read more

Review: Kodomo – Patterns & Light

Review: Kodomo – Patterns & Light
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True to his name, Kodomo (meaning “child” in Japanese) has birthed something new and pure with his latest release, Patterns & Light. … read more

Review: The Calamity Cubes! – Old World’s Ocean

Review: The Calamity Cubes! – Old World’s Ocean
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There has been another surge of old-school style country over the last few years, and The Calamity Cubes! are a part of the wave. … read more

Review: Cabaret Voltaire – #7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978-1985)

Review: Cabaret Voltaire – #7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978-1985)
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#7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978-1985) sounds like what might happen if the bounty hunters from The Empire Strikes Back were to start a Dada-inspired fetish industrial project … read more

Review: Bulbul – Hirn Fein Hacken 

Review: Bulbul – Hirn Fein Hacken 
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Organized chaos wandered out of Austria and happened to have been recorded to the delight of dysfunctional punkers everywhere. … read more

Review: Bölzer – Soma

Review: Bölzer – Soma
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Swiss black/death band Bölzer began to rumble the underground just two years ago with their demo, Roman Acupuncture. The rumbling and crushing grew further after the band played to U.S. masses at the 2014 Maryland Death Fest. … read more