Do the twist: Daylight Disc and My Ugly Clementine reviewed
December 16, 2020
Daylight Disc – Wobbling
It must be difficult to explain to someone like myself just how fresh and exciting grunge sounded when the whole wide world finally got wind of it. The classic grunge groups managed to merge loud-soft dynamics like few others, they knew…
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo selling thousands of demmos
December 10, 2020
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, who is currently taking a course in web programming, will selling over 2500 unreleased demos through his website. Cuomo explains that he chose to add the song bundles himself, as a way of testing his abilities. The recordings were added to a website…
TheWorst – Yes Regrets
Somewhere along the way, angry vocals used in rock songs became more and more polished. It leads us to the point where we are now when, once in a while, a screamed singing voice as crystal clear as a bell, will find its way on to the radio. …
Singer Serj Tankian has discussed the motives behind System of a Down’s decision to reunite for two new songs. These are Protect the Land and Genocidal Humanoidz and have received a mixed reception from the band’s fanbase.
Tankian made the statements while…
Lost highways: For Them All and The Max Headroom reviewed
November 28, 2020
The Max Headroom – Brotherman
Brotherman, with its melodic, grunge sensibilities and lyrics about the world falling down around those proudest, came as a surprise to me. My shock originates, predominantly, from the fact that a band called The Max Headroom would opt…
Growing up is giving up: The Dirty Nil and DE8ED reviewed
November 25, 2020
DE8ED – THE ONLY THING THEY FEAR IS YOU
It’s interesting how different groups of people want to be given a moratorium over angry music. Those same groups tend to also make a big deal about how it affects certain demographics. Limp Bizkit, for better or worse…
Thelonious Monster - Disappear (Review)
November 19, 2020
How many bands do you know that after decades of making music sound angrier and more energized than they did back in their teens? The world changes, and regardless of musicians becoming happier and grumpier, their musical output tends to wilt.
Thelonious Monster merits…
The Black Clouds – Photograph
Sometimes, even alternative-rock can be properly judged on first impression alone. Remembering that much of the alt-rock that gained popular support during the early 1990s, from Nirvana to the Smashing Pumpkins, was based on a quick…
There’s a place in rock n’ roll for kids who sought their parents’ attention by holding their breath until they turned blue or doing somersaults on the cold concrete. It’s a world created for the extroverted, attention seekers. What the artists have…