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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…
John Densmore Discusses the Band's Famous Sound and Decision Not to Feature a Bassist
December 30, 2020
Legendary drummer John Densmore recently talked about the Doors’ legacy and the way in which the quartet managed to find their highly recognizable sound.
Densmore appeared on that That Jamieson Show to promote his latest book, The Seekers. The drummer says that…
Interview with Patrick Tape Fleming of Gloom Balloon
December 26, 2020
An insightful interview with Patrick Tape Fleming, the man behind the innovative indie-rock project Gloom Balloon.
In this one, we get to talk about the earliest Gloom Balloon influences, just how important the Beatles and Stevie Wonder have been in shaping their more…
Tugboat Captain - Day To Day
September 21, 2020
Writing sad bastard music isn’t as is as easy some would claim. Crawling into bed with a gallon of ice-cream is much easier! Still, even more courageous, is powering through it all and writing a deceptively joyous tune about your experience.
That’s what…
Folk Devils - Forever
September 18, 2020
The late 1980s in Britain were a fertile period for post punk tales of calamity. One of the more interesting groups to emerge out of that period were Folk Devils, whose songwriter Ian Lowery had been at the helm of another legendary group, Ski Patrol.
Folk Devils are…
Redolent - Aspartame
September 17, 2020
There’s a great amount of inflation over writing sad, dreamy music, and, to paraphrase Tom Waits, the quality of much of it is affecting the quality of our suffering. Most of us are firmly in the gutter, but Redolent are among those starring at the stars.