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Dima Midborn and The Secrecy Reviewed
January 23, 2025
Dima Midborn – Cher Vivo
The history of the world is dominated by clubs, societies, and fraternities, all filled with people wearing the same funny hats. Histories had no room for tall poppies and no acceptance for those who didn’t conform to the rules and went…
Vesper Rose and th3 L3p3rs Reviewed
January 16, 2025
Vesper Rose – Autumn Leaves
Being a rockstar or robbing people at gunpoint – these are two of the last remaining ways in which a regular person can become the hero or villain of their story. Everything else is just earning money and paying bills in a cycle…
Xero and AN_NA Reviewed
January 7, 2025
Xero – But I Want You
The original goth kids wanted the world to know one thing – they were not afraid of death or of its messengers. That’s why they dressed up as corpses, zombies and vampires who’d just arrived from Bran Castle.
But get people…
Sturi Zevele and The Secrecy Reviewed
December 13, 2024
Sturi Zevele – Neviens
Everybody loves a secret. If you want someone to fall in love with you, or at least to become obsessed, promise them that you will never reveal a random piece of information. Knowing that the information exists will drive them mad and will…
DIAMØND SNAKE and David Delbridge Reviewed
December 2, 2024
DIAMØND SNAKE – V.
Expect the unexpected is no longer a viable option. If Alfred Hitchcock was still around and making movies, the great English director would need to alter his strategies. Sure, he’d likely still be able to find great ideas. But the element of…
SORRYNOTSORRY and Cammie Beverly Reviewed
November 19, 2024
SORRYNOTSORRY – I’ve seen a lot
If you owned a music store back in the 1970s and you put a vinyl titled “Grocery Store Sounds” in the very centre of the store, it would get noticed and, likely, a few people would pick it up. Thinking of selling bird noises…
Jfarrari and Desvelo Club Reviewed
November 14, 2024
Jfarrari – Try
Listen, it’s only natural for fashion to change and the heroes of those fashion trends to change along with time. Back in the fabled 1980s, Simon LeBon, singer of pop sensation Duran Duran, once told reporters that his lyrics were influenced by more…
Reliquia and The Damn Devils Reviewed
November 7, 2024
Reliquia – The Graveyard School
In truth, there aren’t many genres that go well blended together. That doesn’t mean that the majority of musical genres haven’t been forcefully glued by someone looking to churn out a new flavour. With the audience’s full…
The Cure - "Songs of a Lost World" Review
November 2, 2024
The Cure, the band that might’ve made you dance to songs like “Lovecats” and “Friday I’m In Love,” are, maybe more than any other rock group, associated with gloom, sadness and despair. Wouldn’t you be upset if this far in the game…