Local Review: Facts – The F Files: Mixtape Vol. 1

Local Review: Facts – The F Files: Mixtape Vol. 1
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Facts The F Files: Mixtape Vol. 1 Lace Em Up Facts = Bubba Sparxx + The Agents Facts puts lyrics together as precisely as a watchmaker, and his beats and samples stick to you like flypaper slathered with honey. His remix of “Walks of Life” is 10 times better than the original, and his shout-outs

Review: Foetus – Not Adam

Review: Foetus – Not Adam
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Foetus Not Adam Birdman Records   Foetus is an act most rivetheads are not familiar with. Since 1981, Jim Thirwell made his mark as an early industrial pioneer working with the likes of Throbbing Gristle, Coil and Lydia Lunch. Surprises ensue when putting Foetus in for a listen. The title track of the single, “(Not

Review: Ffa Coffi Pawb – Am Byth

Review: Ffa Coffi Pawb – Am Byth
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Ffa Coffi Pawb Am Byth Empyrean Before Gruff Rhys was mesmerizing the world with Super Furry Animals, he and a cast of characters who would go on to play in Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Mogwai and Cornelius were kicking around Wales as Ffa Coffi Pawb. Am Byth is a compilation pulled from their three albums and

Review: Erasure – Nightbird

Review: Erasure – Nightbird
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Erasure Nightbird Mute   On Erasure’s last release, Other People’s Songs, Vince Clark and Andy Bell sounded tired. Their bag of tricks had been spent, reducing them to an album of poorly constructed cover songs, and even though it pushed the duo back onto the radar in America, it was quite easily their worst effort

 
 
Review: Combichrist – Everybody Hates You

Review: Combichrist – Everybody Hates You
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Combichrist Everybody Hates You Metropolis   In the last year, Combichrist has released some of the best music to cross my desk in a long time. It’s lighthearted, evil, sexy, danceable and delicious. Fifteen years ago, I felt the same way about Nitzer Ebb; it got in the veins and you were hooked. “This s*it

Review: Bloodbath – Nightmares Made Flesh

Review: Bloodbath – Nightmares Made Flesh
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Bloodbath Nightmares Made Flesh Century Media Records   Sweden is home to a lot of totally shitty bands these days. Bloodbath is not one of them. This band has actually existed for almost six years now. Don’t let the founding members’ more accessible full-time gigs (Edge of Sanity, Opeth) fool you—Bloodbath is a serious nod

Review: Billy Idol – Devil’s Playground

Review: Billy Idol – Devil’s Playground
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Billy Idol Devil’s Playground Sanctuary Having placed himself in a self-imposed exile, the majority of the last decade was decidedly Idol-less. Billy was off losing himself in cyberpunk culture (rather prophetic, considering The Matrix was far from view) and the excesses that defined him as one of the 80s most reckless superstars. Then there was

Split Your Lungs with Blood And Thunder: Mastodon has the Ability to Rule Us All

Split Your Lungs with Blood And Thunder: Mastodon has the...
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In the winter of 2002, my friends asked me if I wanted to go out to Burt’s Tiki Lounge and check out some metal band from Atlanta named Mastodon. I declined since I had never heard of them and I was burnt out on bars in general. When they all told me how stupid I

Localized: The Album

Localized: The Album
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Localized is the second Friday of each month at the Urban Lounge. This Month of April will be featuring The Album, CART!, Captured by Robots and your drunk friend who won’t stop spilling beer on your coat. THE ALBUM Jud Powell: Vocals and guitar Chris Peterson: Bass Chris Evans: Drums Jud and one of the

Localized: Cart!

Localized: Cart!
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Localized is the second Friday of each month at the Urban Lounge. This Month of April will be featuring The Album, CART!, Captured by Robots and your drunk friend who won’t stop spilling beer on your coat. CART! Matt: Guitar and vocals James: Drums and vocals Deb: Bass and vocals MC: Noise and vocals CART!