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Guitar trials: Pictures and La Need Machine review
January 17, 2022
La Need Machine – La Need Machine
Genre: Punk, Grunge, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Social Distortion; Garbage; Foo Fighters; Smashing Pumpkins; the Donnas
La Need Machine address the world’s never-ending, and destructive appetite for their new…
Stay sick: Pearly and Vague Lanes review
January 15, 2022
Vague Lanes – Here:: Now
Genre: New wave, 80s Rock, Gothic / Dark Wave
Similar artists: The Cure, Lowlife
Vague Lanes draws upon goth-rock original sonic blueprint to good effect on the single Here :: Now.
In many ways, goth music is a form of guided…
Dark tides: Debbie vanBo & Caitlin and David Jameson review
January 15, 2022
David Jameson – Tall Dark Pines
Genre: Country, Americana, Southern Rock / Red Dirt
Similar artists: Colter Wall, Cody Jinks, Zach Bryan, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins
David Jameson lends his voice to tales of murderous desires on the single Tall Dark…
Alternative stock: The Tapples and Red Mouth review
January 11, 2022
Red Mouth – Heflin Hollis
Genre: Punk, Stoner Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, The Cramps, Crime and the City Solution
Red Mouth look for quirky, barroom moroseness on the song Heflin Hollis.
Playing…
Distorted view: Chiliocosm and Bad Sauna review
January 10, 2022
Bad Sauna – Kun nään koiran (mun sydän sulaa)
Genre: Punk, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Fontaines DC, IDLES
Bad Sauna make a blissful distortion drenched racket on the single Kun nään koiran.
People who oppose their true…
Taken away: Absinthe Vows and Old Man Metaphor review
January 1, 2022
Old Man Metaphor – Insidious Masochist
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Alice in Chains, Days of the New
Old Man Metaphor returns acoustic rock to its darker side on the single Insidious Masochist.
Grunge bands were arguably part of one…
Revolution in the mind: Real Humans and Lendemains Versinthés review
December 24, 2021
Lendemains Versinthés – L’heure verte
Genre: Indie folk, Singer songwriter
Lendemains Versinthés finds the most gentle spot of their melancholy and exposes it with L’heure verte.
Some musicians write truthful songs, others attempt to create…
Breaking from the inside out: Polaroit and The Gerunds review
December 18, 2021
The Gerunds – Prick up your ears
Genre: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
The Gerunds go old-fashioned and provide beautiful melodies to very bad news on the single Prick up your ears.
Most songwriters are either ambitious or angry. Watch out for the few who have…
Pastel and shapeless: The Peach Stoners and Oh Bummer! review
December 16, 2021
Oh Bummer! – Mirrors
Genre: Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Oliver Tree, Hobo Johnson, Still Woozy
Oh Bummer provides the gallows humour on the indie-rock number Mirrors.
Most writers are down and out. In fact, if you read the biographies of the majority…