Album Reviews

Talking Heads - "Remain in Light" Reviewed and Revisited

Talking Heads didn’t align themselves with punk-rock just to be trendy. They’d been at CBGB at the very beginning of punk. In fact, by the time groups were flooding New York City from the outer state and calling themselves “punk rockers,” David Byrne…
7.5
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Deer Fang and The Cause Of Depression Reviewed

Deer Fang – Low Tide Not all the stereotypes about people who listen to rock music are true. Your typical middle-of-the-road movie, as most of them are these days, will have no shame in showing a scene in which a rocker with long, dirty hair and bizarre opinions…
7.5
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Welsh & Company and The Hearts Reviewed

Welsh & Company – Lead Me to the Wolves Nearly half of the world’s countries are holding elections this year. However, there is just one political election that nobody has been able to get away from. No, it wasn’t billed as a political event. The promoters…
8.3
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Lowspot and Head Wound Reviewed

Lowspot – Whirlwind Modern art was a massive Psy-Op by the CIA, one long, muscular arm of U.S. force that’s not always as efficient as it is rumoured to be. That’s, at least, what word on the street is and what several unclassified documents seem to say. That…
16.5
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Human Regolith and Cole Anyway Reviewed

Human Regolith – Asclepias Music can lead you down some dangerous roads if you’re not careful if you take it too seriously. Some Greek philosophers thought that music and theatre should be banned. Leo Tolstoy, a big music fan, warned others like him that they risk…
8.3
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Smaller Monsters and Sleeps While Walking Reviewed

Smaller Monsters – The Trade We used to have great hopes for musicians who couldn’t or refused to try and figure out the business course book handed out by record labels after every meeting. Dedicating one’s life to writing potentially great songs and travelling…
7.5
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PICKLE JUICE and General Labor Reviewed

PICKLE JUICE – Caught In A Lie Plugging an electric guitar into a large amp and then playing with the rest of the band at a really quick pace will, still get you noticed. People will stop what they’re doing, move closer to the stage and give you some time to wow…
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The Smiths - "The Queen is Dead" Reviewed and Revisited

The Smiths was a band of indie rock superheroes, a group that, for once, needed very little help from the British press to convince listeners of their greatness. They were noticed for Morrissey’s great singing and Johnny Marr’s guitar playing. But, more than…
Alternative History

The Velvet Underground Albums Ranked

The Velvet Underground may have failed to find commercial acceptance in the band’s prime but launched a colossal number of tributes and outright imitators just after their dissolution and for the rest of music history from then onward. Furthermore, The Velvet…