Issues: Issue 278 - February 2012
Product Reviews – February 2012
This month we review products from Discrete, DPS, Glitch Wear, Kush, Logitech, Planet Bike, POWER A, RAMP Sports, Spy Optic and Sugoi Apparel. … read more
Beer Reviews – February 2012
This month always seems to lead people into the dark side of things. Maybe it’s the shit-filled love fest, maybe it’s the winter gloom, maybe even the financial repercussions of spending all your hard-earned Christmas dough on a couple of assholes in your life that didn’t bother to bring beer back home from out of state. I hope this set of reviews will help you embrace the darker side of things, especially when they hit your palate. At least the booze will soothe the pain until it passes. … read more
Movie Reviews – February 2012
This month, Jimmy Martin reviews Contraband, Joyful Noise and Man on a Ledge. … read more
Video Game Reviews – February 2012
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Rage are reviewed. … read more
Local Reviews: OK Ikumi
Local musician OK Ikumi’s new album made me escape into a world of melancholy colors and whimsical melodies. Simple but hypnotizing drum patterns, teasing synths and eerie but friendly samples gave the album a strong, reposed vibe. … read more
Book Reviews – February 2012
Aerosmith: The Ultimate Illustrated History of The Boston Bad Boys, The Armageddon Chord, College Humor. The Website. The Book., The Skateboard: The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly: An Illustrated History, The Hollow Walls and The Unofficial U.S. Census are reviewed. … read more
Local Reviews: Pretty Worms
Side “Acid” takes punk beats and droning bass grooves and combines them with electronic noise and glitched-out mechanical melodies. Pretty Worms play a style of noise rock that is pretty unusual at first listen, but if you give it some time, the incoherent vocal loops and seemingly random atonal synthesizers might begin to make sense. … read more
Local Reviews: Pretty Worms/Blackhole
“Killers Galore” is a ride through noise punk hell on a groovy bass and a light, punchy drum rhythm. Punctuated with sound clips of sirens and yelling, part of the song’s appeal is the sublime strangeness with which they approach a very basic song. … read more
Music Reviews
New and recent releases from Barry Adamson, Damon & Naomi, Earth, John K. Samson, Napalm Death, Sharon Van Etten, Skrillex, Yuksek and many more are reviewed. … read more
Local Reviews: Pretty Worms/Plastic Furs
With “Comet Tail,” you can hear Trisha McBride’s vocals a little more clearly in the mix of bright bass and thick sonic distortion, and her ranting drone is an excellent fit for Pretty Worms. It’s a little slower and much less noisy than their other material, but as a stand-alone track, it rocks with the best of them. While the familiar, yet still unsettling vocal loops play on, the drums keep a snappy, danceable beat. … read more