Mysterious Europa: Grated Heads and Ladderman reviewed
April 29, 2021
Laddermen – Welcome To the 20’s
We may love Johnny Thunders and the rest of the fashionably wasted rock stars. But, the truth of the matter is that the music world, like most aspects of life, belongs to people who are ambitious and take themselves pretty…
Dead Slow Hoot – Gesticulating Wildly
You can’t help but admire musicians who spend their youth playing in a band, not for the attention it most likely will earn them, but rather from a strange, hard to resits desire to document their struggle with…
Hues of blue: COLYER and Dome Dwellers reviewed
April 29, 2021
Dome Dwellers – Way It Goes
Musical progress ain’t always pretty. I’m pretty sure not a lot of people were sitting there listening to the original hardcore bands going, “Wow, this sounds agreeable“. Aesthetics aside, the gull and effort of…
Bealby Point – Telescope
The British rock journalists are old fishermen whose fate in the great three-minute single has made them acquire a tremendous amount of fate. Most days, they go without catching anything, but neither they nor their readers will…
Infectiously yours: Gumiho and The Goa Express
April 28, 2021
THE GOA EXPRESS – Second Time
There was a point, I can practically bet, that just about everyone who ended up wearing black leather jackets, skull and bones necklaces, and playing in a goth band, just wanted to roll with the kids who sang pretty melodies over simple…
Shouted and screamed: Traipse and Strange Gods reviewed
April 27, 2021
Strange Gods – Less Than Zero
Just like tales of human suffering, or stories of great heroic deeds, the blues gets retold with each passing generation. The blues itself is, essentially, a simple, clever, simple musical formula that gets to the heart of most…
Prudence – Better
It’s easy to underestimate the influence of people like Peter Gabriel or Kate Bush on the current generation making smart pop music. Both artists were, originally viewed as prog-rock agitators, quick to embrace theatricality and storytelling…
Drew Southern – Roll Down
I’ve got this ritual lately. I get dressed for the cold, pack up my bags ahead of going to work, and head on down to a little, badly lit shack to which I’ve been given the keys. Once there, I warm up my voice and proceed to…
Jason DeVore (Authority Zero) speaks about the band's legacy, new album, and punk's political agenda
April 23, 2021
Authority Zero singer Jason DeVore is a man who strongly challenges the stereotype of the lazy rock star. It’s true that his well-liked pop-punk band has just about done it all. They’ve recorded highly rated albums, they’ve had hits, and they still enjoy…