Review: How to Destroy Angels – Welcome Oblivion

Review: How to Destroy Angels – Welcome Oblivion
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With a name referencing an early Coil song and featuring industrial (hair)god Trent Reznor, how could this not be good? … read more

Review: Haraball – Sleep Tall

Review: Haraball – Sleep Tall
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Europe has produced many great hardcore bands, and by all accounts, Haraball should sound of a feather with OFF!, and in most regards they do.  … read more

Reviews: Hands – Synesthesia

Reviews: Hands – Synesthesia
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This band might end up being way popular, that doesn’t mean they are any good though. Every song is a radio-friendly bright and upbeat pop song. … read more

Review: Grabass Charlestons – Dale and the Carreeners

Review: Grabass Charlestons – Dale and the Carreeners
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Grabass Charlestons did some growing up ladies and gents. I’m not the first person to say this and I don’t care, they should be praised for an album well done. Their earlier work is slightly juvenile in its content and simple three chord riffs. … read more

Review: Ghost B.C. – Infestissumam

Review: Ghost B.C. – Infestissumam
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This new set of hymns from the highly praised Ghost B.C. has been even more bustled about than the bands debut Opus Eponymous. … read more

Review: El Ten Eleven – Transitions Remixed

Review: El Ten Eleven – Transitions Remixed
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It’s very interesting to see what artists can produce from another artist’s original track. Transitions Remixed is a fresh and interesting play on El Ten Eleven’s 2012 album. … read more

Review: Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – Songs From The Psychedelic Clock

Review: Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – Songs From The Psychedelic Clock
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Typically, if you were a fan of early fundamentalist punk bands (e.g. The Ramones, The Stooges) then at one time or another you would’ve at least heard of Drivin’ N Cryin’ as a relative recommendation. … read more

Review: Dizzy – U Feelin Dizzy Yet?

Review: Dizzy – U Feelin Dizzy Yet?
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My distaste started with the opening track. Four-and-a-half fucking minutes straight of thank-yous begins to sound like a horrendous Oscar speech. … read more

Review: Depeche Mode – Delta Machine

Review: Depeche Mode – Delta Machine
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After 35-plus years of making sly and danceable new wave electronica, a band might be forgiven for letting it get a bit stale.  … read more

Review: Deke Dickerson – Echosonic Eldorado

Review: Deke Dickerson – Echosonic Eldorado
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Retro rocker Deke Dickerson tackles roots music with an authenticity and earnestness that never feels like a gimmick. Most of Deke’s records contain a fair amount of rockabilly along with western swing and any number of genres from blues to jazz, but has focused in on rockabilly on Echosonic Eldorado––that’s certainly not say that this record is boring.  … read more