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Strange glow: Not Really and Bad Penny review
January 24, 2022
Bad Penny – Glitter Guitar
Genre: Punk, Grunge, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Best Coast, Fidlar, Bleached, Colleen Green, Soccer Mommy
Bad Penny let loose with the garage-rock number Glitter Guitar.
Garage-rock with its loud guitars, its pummeling…
The story of Oasis' Live Forever
January 19, 2022
Oasis managed to do with Live Forever in the U.K. what Nirvana’s Smells like teen spirit had done for Nirvana earlier in the decade. It changed the musical landscape overnight. And, they only needed some angsty lyrics and a couple of burrowed guitar riffs to it too.
The Story of Pulp's Common People: An Uncommonly Ageless Single
January 18, 2022
Pulp’s “Common People,” an unlikely Brit-Pop anthem delivered from an unlikely source, became the defining single of their album “Different Class.” The Jarvis Cocker-fronted band had released several critically acclaimed records. Yet, it…
Lunacy – Glyph
Genre: Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Chrome, SeeFeel, Flying Saucer Attack, Brian Eno
Lunacy creates a police sketch of moody electronica with the single Glyph.
Did people look towards the future with more dread? They certainly had fewer…
Alternative shadows: Nairolf and Bases review
January 18, 2022
Bases – If You Let It
Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Arcade Fire, Chet Faker, The Flaming Lips, Johnny Cash
Bases create a highly modern hybrid of alternative, indie-pop, and comedy on the single If you let it.
It…
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.
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