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Review: Emperors Of Wyoming – Self-Titled
Emperors of Wyoming Self-Titled Liaison Music Street: 03.25 EOW = Tom Petty + The Byrds + George Jones This is an interesting record. It is essentially a re-release of a record that came out in Europe a few years back. The American version adds a few more songs and remixes everything. People are paying attention
Review: Earth Crisis – Salvation of Innocents
Earth Crisis Salvation of Innocents Candlelight Street: 03.04 Earth Crisis = Hatebreed + Cavalera Conspiracy + Skinfather How do you continue to be relevant some 20 years after you wrote one of the most iconic riffs in hardcore history? By releasing a concept album and comic book tie-in, of course. While it may seem like
Review: Blood And Sun – White Storms Fall
Blood and Sun White Storms Fall Pesanta Urfolk Street: 11.11.13 Blood and Sun = Death In June + Sol Invictus White Storms Fall is a neofolk gem that presents itself without any of the political baggage of the movement’s controversial pioneers Douglas P. and Boyd Rice. That’s not to say that Blood and Sun isn’t
Review: The Clean – Anthology (Reissue)
The Clean Anthology (Reissue) Merge Records Street: 07.15 The Clean = The Chills + The Bats Flying Nun Records. The Dunedin Sound. If these words don’t incite you to a jangle pop riot (or to buy this $44 quadruple LP), then here’s one last lazy description: The Clean are to indie rock what The Beatles
Review: Challenger – Back to Bellevue
Challenger Back to Bellevue Self-Released Street: 05.27 Challenger = Washed Out + Small Black + BrothertigerFrom now on, I’m just going to call everything I hear like this the Brooklyn ’80s nostalgic shoegaze/effectronic revival. I’m sure everyone knows exactly what that sounds like and, honestly, I could put 15 bands that sound exactly like this
Review: Benjamin Finger – The Bet
Benjamin Finger The Bet Watery Starve Press Street: 06.01 Benjamin Finger = Steve Reich + Biosphere Starting the album off with “Faintheadedness,” Finger establishes a dark, ambient theme early with eerie, fairy-like vocals and a spacious simplicity delivered through a shy piano melody. The Bet stays pretty minimal throughout, expanding nominally on phrases that lead
Review: Guided By Voices – Cool Planet
Guided By Voices Cool Planet GBV Inc. Street: 05.13 Guided By Voices = Big Star + Syd Barrett – Roger Waters For those uninitiated into the ‘cult of Bob’ Pollard and GBV the best advice might be ‘give it time.’ These ideosyncratic sound worlds, like classic rock from another dimension, can take a while to
Review: The Ghost Wolves – Man, Woman, Beast
The Ghost Wolves Man, Woman, Beast Plowboy Records Street: 05.27 The Ghost Wolves = Highasakite + Blood Orange + The White Stripes Punk infused blues/rock has never sounded sexier than it has on The Ghost Wolves first full length album, Man, Woman, Beast. The Austin TX based duo first started wandering around the mainstream back
Review: Fucked Up – Year of the Dragon
Fucked Up Year of the Dragon Tank Crimes Street: 4.21.14 Fucked Up = Fucked Up Grandiosity, punk’s vilest anathema, has practically been Fucked Up’s lifeblood, separating them from their contemps and facilitating one viable single after another. Year of the Dragon marks the sixth in their 12-single Zodiac series, and their most ambitious music since
Review: Dub Thompson – 9 Songs
Dub Thompson 9 Songs Dead Oceans Street: 6.10 Dub Thompson = Pere Ubu + The Outsiders Dub Thompson are a teenage duo with a somewhat bland name and a sound that ranges between the bands listed above or, as in “No Time,” a group like Trail of Dead bastardizing an English Beat cover. 9 Songs