Kids do follow: Cal Rifkin and Hush Empire
January 30, 2021
Hush Empire – Eyes Closed
If the Arctic Monkeys’ plethora of chart success of their album AM taught modern bands anything is how to camouflage their indie-rock sounds. Next to a convincing electro-groove and with the right set of vocals, even the fuzziest of…
Ghost Town Remedy – Nacho Business
The current overstated opinion that we are living through some of the worst times in recorded history is a preposterous exaggeration. It is a bit of bummer, I’ll give you that, but hardly worth erasing 2020 out of recorded…
The sidestep shuffle: Flagman and Hidden Beams reviewed
January 24, 2021
Hidden Beams – Animals
The 60s are long gone, but their promises born out chemically mind-altering experiences continue to hold a particular fascination for modern artists. Some get lost in the details, plotting their music to the tones and the finest details of the…
Black Sonic Pearls – Forsaken By Hope
There are few rock fans who truly dislike grunge. Some may not be wholly in tune with the dark philosophy that seemed to govern the writing of the gospel by some of Seattle’s biggest bands. Yet, most agree, that the simple…
Creative revisions: The Moon Whistlers and Lewca reviewed
January 22, 2021
Lewca – Doing My Thing
You can’t expect to make an impression dressed in a drab suit and talking politely to people. There’s an element of peacocking about Rock music that has been lost on recent, more humble, and less fame famished generations.
jman & the pigs – Happily
There’s this sound that 90s alternative-rock band The Primitive Radio Gods made that, even though I haven’t heard often, I can’t quite shake out of my head. It feels like several songs collapsing on top of each other…
Getting dark: SuckerTrap and Graywave reviewed
January 20, 2021
Graywave – Before
Musicians, by virtue of their profession, tend to spend the most amount of their time listening to sounds, organizing them in their minds, learning their various textures. It’s only natural then that professional, experienced musicians will…
Down, out & floating about: The Citradels and Agitated reviewed
January 11, 2021
Agitated – Strangeways
In a world where fake machismo and “fake it until you make it” approach, is prized as the sure path towards success, we should acknowledge how important popular art trends have been in opening up serious discussion around topics…
Butthole Surfers were troublemakers determined to undermine expectations rather than meet them. Their often camouflaged musical abilities did provide them with a couple of bonafide hit singles, as well as the admiration of many. Here is the brief story of Pepper by Butthole…