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Big deep parade: Hill Top Swim Club and TRSH review
April 6, 2022
TRSH – Puckerup Buttercup
Genre: Math Rock, Emo, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Hot mulligan, mom jeans, pool kids, chon, into it over it
In many ways, emo-math-rockers are punk-rockers with less interest in fashion. And, although their influences have been…
Rockometer: Sonofold and Motherhood review
April 5, 2022
Motherhood – Ripped Sheet
Genre: Post-Punk
Similar artists: Deerhoof, Tropical Fuck Storm, Pixies, Oh Sees
Rock n’ roll and cartoons have always gone together like Canada and the snowy season. After all, whether we’re comfortable with admitting…
Renegades: Feel Trip and Lane Dudley review
March 22, 2022
Lane Dudley – Founding Fathers
Genre: Stoner Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Rock
Rock music seemed to mean more. Maybe it was just a matter of it being a new art form. But, even back in the early 1970s, rock music seemed to have the power to become a vehicle for…
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…
Cyclical disasters: Redhanded and Digital Carbs review
March 21, 2022
Digital Carbs – Slowly
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Someone once likened a record collection to an art collection for regular people. I like how that sounds! The only difference, of course, is that record collections are much less…
Cellar rock: Angry Saints and Sektion Tyrants review
March 18, 2022
Sektion Tyrants – Last of the Wild Ones
Genre: Post-Punk, New wave, Gothic / Dark Wave
Similar artists: The Cure, Blitz. Generation X, Spandau Ballet, Killing Joke, The Smiths, Buzzcocks
The odds for great success look stacked against most modern bands. Yes…
Way of coping: SunDog and objects in space review
March 14, 2022
objects in space – Retinal Detachment (Lies to be Buried in)
Genre: Post-Punk, Screamo / Post-Hardcore, Emo
Similar artists: La Dispute, Touche Amore, Thursday, A lot Like Birds
I keep promising myself to allocate one month in which to diet exclusively on…
Collateral Beauty – Thirteen
Genre: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: A Perfect Circle, Three Days Grace, Nine Inch Nails, Static-X, Linkin Park, Stabbing Westwar
Rock music is a very useful form of psychodrama. This is music that…
Alt all over: Bits in Pockets and Dive Bombs review
March 7, 2022
Dive Bombs – Mystery Meat
Genre: Pop Punk, Emo, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Arctic Monkeys, Panic at The Disco, The Strokes, The All American Rejects
People are only really free as long as they are allowed to dream freely. This is why rock music…