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We dream of America: KEI CAR and Sïckö reviews
April 23, 2022
Sïckö – Oregon
Genre: Post Rock
Artists fall in love with the silliest things. Because many of these are ephemeral they hardly ever find a way to explain themselves to the world. Colors, sounds, a beautiful sunset? Those are hardly practical things, but they…
Dash Hammerstein – Her Style Is Laura Ashley
Genre: Post-Punk, Art Rock, Indie Rock
Similar artists: Dry Cleaning, Ian Dury, Blur
There’s no other skill that can get into more trouble and/or provide you with better opportunities than possessing the gift…
Future lords of the guitar temple: Belling The Tiger and Laszlo Jones & Alex Skolnick review
December 7, 2021
Laszlo Jones & Alex Skolnick – Kill Myself
Genre: Stoner Rock, Industrial, Electronicore
Laszlo Jones collaborates with the great Alex Skolnick in a bid to reinvent heavy guitar music.
How does heavy guitar music remain powerful and terrifying? And, when…
Retro stars: Ben Burr and Orange Animal reviewed
October 22, 2021
Orange Animal – The Beach
Genre: Classic Rock, 90s Rock, Alternative Rock
Neil Young’s The Ditch trilogy was one of the first examples of a North-American recording artist seemingly turning his back on the sounds and aesthetics that had made him a rich…
Riff stew: Pi Fire and Black Citrus reviewed
October 19, 2021
Black Citrus – Dionysus’ Eyes
Genre: Stoner Rock, Doom Metal / Sludge
Max Cavalera tells the story of how he, and his brother Igor, saved up on money to buy a guitar. The purpose was to start a band using the few records that they owned as inspiration. Upon…
No time like the future: Dead Venus and Honeymooners reviewed
September 15, 2021
Honeymooners – Repeater
Genre: Lo-fi Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Similar artists: The Strokes, Pavement, Built to Spill, Stone Roses
If want to build a successful club of any sort, start by turning away customers at the door. Don’t worry about how many…
Sense of it all: McDEAD and Square reviewed by Alt77
August 28, 2021
Square – The World Is Square
Genre: Post-Punk, Art Rock, Alternative Rock
People don’t particularly take to others who like to live by themselves undisturbed, working on some sort of secret project. You always hear that they were quiet. That is, at least…
Hot Mustard – Window Seat
Genre: Indietronica, Indie Electronic
Similar artists: Budos band, Antibalas, Daptone, Menahan street band, Dap Kings
The DJ culture has done more for the world of popular music than some of us might think. One of their greatest…
Dadanaut – Zeitknistern
Genre: Progressive Rock, Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock
The thing about Krautrock is that it was not only very good when the name first began being used by snarky British critics. It’s also vital to consider that history looks at the…