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Mercy dawn: Solar Moth and David Curtis Band review
September 22, 2022
David Curtis Band – Down the Drain
Genre: Progressive Metal / Djent, Grunge, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Soundgarden, Tool, Audioslave
There are certain kinds of bands that you can start with your friends when you are very young. You can start a punk…
Lowdown shimmy: Femegades and Long Hours reviewed
September 6, 2022
Long Hours – A GHOST TO YOU
Genre: Garage Rock
Maybe there’s just too much riding on keeping one’s reputation tidy nowadays that prohibits great rock stars from emerging. Truthfully, many of the most outstanding performers earned their reputation not by being…
Nasty: LJ & The Sleeze and Buddy Wynkoop reviewed
September 6, 2022
Buddy Wynkoop – Serotonin
Genre: Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Devo, Talking Heads, Squid
Rock music is under collective ownership. We’re all responsible for it, some amount or another. It’s just that we all have very different ideas about…
All that glitter: Niles Crane and Starfire reviews
July 20, 2022
Starfire – Black Magic
Genre: Progressive Rock, Classic Rock
Some kids buy into the rock star ideal of one day owning a jet plane and having twelve groupies tracking your movements at all times. Others just want to learn to play their guitar really well. It’s…
HEAVE – Hungover
Similar artists: Idles, Metz, Militarie Gun, Pissed Jeans, Drug Church
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Noise Rock
Ordinary people have too little sympathy for cult leaders. It must be hard not to go crazy when possessing their kind of power over their…
Desert punk: Mononegatives and Doll Riot reviews
July 13, 2022
Doll Riot – Paresthesia
Genre: Punk, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Destroy boys, Hole, L7
There are two things that performers can’t hide or pretend to have. Those things are excitement and anger. And, if you’ve been lucky to have been exposed to some…
Wow, Okay, Cool – Fuck, That’s Bleak
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Noise Rock
Similar artists: Mclusky, Death From Above 1979, Gang of Four, The Bronx, Sleaford Mods
The world has always been a strange, confusing place and the three-minute singles with all of…
A Case of Mistaken Identity – Again And
Genre: Punk, Garage Rock
Did you ever see audition tapes of actors vying for roles in big productions? They weren’t very good were they? The majority weren’t, especially if they were just starting out. That’s because…
Blinking bonkers: Witxhes and Notelle reviewed
June 7, 2022
Notelle – Sufjan Stevens
Genre: Alt Pop
Pop culture references are the hyperlinks of the entertainment world. And, they are as ubiquitous now as using a drum machine. Rappers frequently reference Kurt Cobain or The Beatles. Indie-rock bands namecheck actors…