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Weight on your shoulders: Vlimmer and Solcura
January 30, 2023
Solcura – God Now
Similar artists: Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots
Genre: Grunge, Alternative Rock
Hard rock, and heavy metal styles of music, I’ve found, have always lent themselves to broadcasts depicting violent action. This has not been…
Wreckless times: Your Downstairs Neighbors and Justin Shapiro
January 29, 2023
Justin Shapiro – Giant, The King
Similar artists: Pearl Jam, O.A.R., Dispatch, Dave Matthews, Ben Harper
Genre: Folk rock, Alternative Rock
Most of the world is a dangerous, violent place. This is certainly true of countries affected by colonialism or by…
Truer words: Stelth Ulvang and free paintings
January 29, 2023
free paintings – Spit
Similar artists: Television, Wire, Lou Reed, the New York Dolls, Talking Heads, the Ramones, Pavement, Sex Pistols
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk
The problem with druggie sages is that they tend to embrace bitterness pretty quickly. Just take…
David Bowie was one of the great musical innovators of the past century, an avant-garde-obsessed pop star. On the sixth anniversary of his passing, I look back at his marvelous body of work.
I’ve ranked David Bowie’s albums in order of brilliance, from worst…
Bring back the death penalty: The Buffet and Person
January 9, 2023
Person – Win Win Win
Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Rock
There’s only so much that you can do to help people. This is, at least, what teachers always told me. At the end of the day, unless somebody’s getting hurt, nobody has any true reasons to…
The sweetness of the past: BreakTime and Big Bad Shakin'
January 8, 2023
Big Bad Shakin’ – Elvis Glasses
Similar artists: Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Motörhead, JD McPherson, The Stooges, Ramones, The Sonics
Genre: Rockabilly
Let me pitch you a reality show concept! Feel free to use this without any form of…
Beyond the pale: Fixtures and strange world's end
January 8, 2023
strange world’s end – コントロール
Similar artists: Foo Fighters, Muse, ONE OK ROCK
Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
There’s something extremely powerful and important about music. Still, just as important is that regular pop-rock…
Tell yer friends: demxntia x Heylog and Tarah Who?
January 8, 2023
Tarah Who? – Royal Knight (feat. Laura Chevalier)
Genre: Alternative Rock
Think of your favorite rock songs as happy accidents that the music industry’s planning could have easily killed. Rock bands were once praised for their willingness to take risks with…
David Jacobson and the Space Wizards – Sweet Friend
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Lo-fi Rock, Garage Rock
It used to be that the great pool of being in a band was the opportunity to be unlike most other people. You couldn’t be held accountable for the same crimes as…