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Cult jolt: Takeover and Passiflorez reivew
April 19, 2022
Pasiflorez – Passion Flower
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock
Similar artists: Skinshape, Allah las, Holy Wave
Not to get into all that Morrisseyanism, but the world is a pretty boring, miserable place most of the time. This is felt, in particular, by people…
Lorraine-Dietrich – Hard To Be Alone
Genre: Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Garage Rock
You bet your life that music genres were important, specifically for the people tasked with providing the music itself. Try and join a heavy metal band without possessing long…
Smokey garage: SoSo! and Ponte Pilas review
April 15, 2022
Ponte Pilas – Be Your Girl
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: The Libertines, Wet Leg, The Reytons
Ever since people started building record collections, their collective thought turned towards The Music of the Future. What was it? Who was…
Rains all day: Amacio Favor and No One Sphere review
April 14, 2022
No One Sphere – Twin Coasts
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
People in alternative-rock bands are, usually, either those for whom everything in life comes easily, or those for whom breaks never come at all. They’re extreme in their ideas because their…
Straight up and down: Bleach Kings and Lee Sama reviewed
April 14, 2022
Lee Sama – Lace Up
Genre: Lo-fi Rock, Indie Rock, Garage Rock
Similar artists: Cate Le Bon, Juan Wauters, Kevin Morby, White Fence, Oh Sees, Harlem
Bands back in the 1960s seemed to have it all figured out. Just like the proverbial man of simple needs that…
Dominique – Help Me Decide
Genre: Bedroom / Lo-fi Pop, Psychedelic / Freak Folk, Art Rock
Similar artists: Laurie Anderson, Sinead O’Connor, Angel Olsen, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Kath Bloom, Nico, Jane Sibery
Make no mistake about it, women, for the most…
C.B. Carlyle & the Desert Angels – Sweet Violence
Genre: Southern Rock / Red Dirt, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: C.W. Stoneking, Timber Timbre, Howlin Wolf, Nick Cave, The Doors, Little Walter, T-Bone Walker
Fairytales and horror stories…
Art house after dark: Doxy and Chewy review
April 5, 2022
Chewy – Melt Thru
Genre: Punk, Noise Rock, Math Rock
Similar artists: Deerhoof, black midi, The Dismemberment Plan, Lightning Bolt, Osees
For an artistic movement obsessed with freedom, rock music is often formulaic to the point of making plagiarism a…
Free Range Buddhas – Ritual
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
All of us young rock types were, as Free Range Buddhas put it, “looking for an easy fix“. Some go to church, others invest their energy in school. We took to rock…