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Refuge: Count Pariah and 18 Fevers review
August 22, 2022
18 Fevers – Danse Macabre
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Alternative Rock
Sex and death are two topics often covered in rock music, and most often together. They both possess a similar sort of allure, especially to young people, the core target audience of this type of…
young friend – ENDLESS
Genre: Bedroom / Lo-fi Pop, Alt Pop
Similar artists: Dominic Fike, bennytheghost, KALI, remy
Pop stars aren’t made like you and me. That is, at least, what the reps of the actual pop stars would want you to believe. Start thinking…
Bad omens: Sadly Sunday and Knightingale review
August 17, 2022
Knightingale – Gina
Genre: Punk, Garage Rock
The self-help industry is out of control, raising billions of dollars every year from people desperately looking for a guru or a method that will change their lives. And while some of the advice these people might…
Winter sun: The Mellons and Flying Rabbit review
August 17, 2022
Flying Rabbit – Oslo
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Alt Pop
There are few areas in the world that make more convincing, psychedelic, nature-inspired music than the Northern European countries. This is not, as some might believe, a choice but rather a necessity. With so…
For renegade listeners: Hether and Dead Cherry review
March 21, 2022
Dead Cherry – Libations
Genre: Post-Punk, Shoegaze, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Fontaines DC, Warmduscher, The Fall
Punk-rockers are back in the mainstream consciousness, and they have a budget that they’re looking to spend. What will they spend it…
Bone Gunn – Prime
Genre: Punk, Hard Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Nine Inch Nails, System of A Down, Rusted Root, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
In the early 1990s, an essay titled The End of History and the Last Man proclaimed the U.S. liberal…
Take your rockin’ home: King Dutch and Balmain review
March 14, 2022
Balmain – Pastel Shadows
Genre: Screamo / Post-Hardcore, Melodic Metal, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Deftones, Architects, The Cure
It doesn’t even matter if David Bowie actually said that the future belongs to those who can hear it coming. The…
Mind’s eye: Sophrosyne and SALÒ
January 30, 2022
SALÒ – Glock 17
Genre: Post-Punk, Pop Punk, New wave
The music grouped under the “post-punk” umbrella is all about discomfort. It’s not the kind with which noise artists operate. It’s the anxiety of regular life, of bad conversations, bad…
Kyoto Kyoto – Gaacher Blitz
Indonesian folk music, huh? That tiny reference will not be lost on anyone with a general knowledge of music, movies, and a wee bit of sense of humour. Before prog-rock became the kind of term that bands would be willing to send envelopes…