Issues: Issue 297 - September 2013
Reviews: Boys Noize – Go Hard EP
My favorite track, “Go Hard,” uses a sample off of Kreayshawn’s “Go Hard (La,La,La)” track from her Somethin’ Bout Kreay album. … read more
Reviews: Bran(…)Pos – Den of Ordure and Iridescence
Although the production on this album was decent and obviously had a lot of thought put into it, I couldn’t help but sit there and think “why?” while my eyes glazed over as I listened to it. … read more
Reviews: Bullbuckers – When Push Comes To Shove
I have been told that I was probably supposed to be high as fuck while listening to this album, but as it is, that warm, brass-heavy sexiness did the job even running on sobriety. … read more
Reviews: Centuries – Taedium Vitae
Floridan Swedeath-ers play at misanthropy with latin song titles, stark imagery and the hum-drum casserole of D-beat, doom and crust topping most bearded blogger “best of” lists. … read more
Reviews: Chixdiggit! – Double Diggits!
Featuring remastered copies of their second and third albums, the 1998-released Born On The First of July and the 2000-released From Scene To Shining Scene, as well as bonus demos, Double Diggits! is one disc and 32 songs worth of classic pop-punk. … read more
Reviews: Carcass – Surgical Steel
I, for one, admire what Carcass have done with the album—it feels exactly like what original members Jeff Walker and Bill Steer wanted to do. … read more
Reviews: CSS – Planta
CSS may be one of the more iconic groups to come out of Brazil, but they are not very comparable to the other synth pop artists of today. … read more
Reviews: Ezra Furman – Day of the Dog
Old school pop and current folk with splashes of gritty vintage pop-punk make Ezra Furman’s newest solo release a nonpareil flashback/contemporary mash up. … read more
Reviews: Emblazoned – The Living Magisterium
A little bit of old school goes a long way, and Emblazoned do a great job of mixing American death with the good old Swedish death. … read more
Reviews: Dead Stars – High Gain
Garage-rock, a little indie, even a little fuzzy, High Gain is a perfectly decent EP that plays it safe in every way. … read more