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Intolerable Life and Dario Emu Reviewed
June 16, 2025
Intolerable Life – River of Silver
There’s never been a greater interest in so-called “World Music.” Much of this is due, of course, to the internet’s potential to serve as a digital, global record collection. If you’ve any interest in music, you can…
Pictureplane and JEWLS Reviewed
May 14, 2025
Pictureplane – Heaven is a State of Mind
We’d all die for a bit of danger. But can you blame us? Sure, nobody’d really like to be blamed for witchcraft by the Christian Church and tortured to death. But it’s the idea itself that’s a bit more stimulating than…
The Top 10 Songs by Depeche Mode
April 5, 2025
Depeche Mode was initially a synth-pop group that courted fame. As years went on, the musical complexity of the group increased. As more years went on, the group adopted a darker, gothic-tinged aesthetic and sound. None of these changes diminished the success of Depeche…
Samuel James and In The Dark Park Reviewed
February 25, 2025
Samuel James – Rapture
Genres don’t mean much nowadays. And all of the guards trying to keep some artists closed in the confines of one or not allowing others to enter are ridiculous and bound to fail.
Yeah, fine. There’s a reason to celebrate the…
COVVES and Porcelain Dancer Reviewed
February 8, 2025
COVVES – Fever
The idea of niche music genres not being able to cross over into the mainstream is ridiculous. The history of pop music is, if anything, a history of oddities and novelties that reached immense fame.
It’s only natural that all the…
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…
Stefan Certic and Motherhood Reviewed
October 10, 2024
Stefan Certic – The Abyss
Like it or not, the popularity of music styles, for the vast majority of the population, is tied to what’s going on in the world. That’s why nobody is calling out for mandatory disco parties in the street. That’s why classical music…
Conscious Pilot and The Rope Reviewed
September 25, 2024
Conscious Pilot – God’s Hot Car
Say the right things, and you can manoeuvre through just about any aspect of life. Tell a big enough life and you can become president or start a bloody revolution. Say the right pickup line, and you can acquire the partner of…
Goro and INTERCONTINEN7AL Reviewed
September 21, 2024
Goro – Emperor Prophet
Most of the bands that try to do too much end up doing much at all. The idea of crafting songs that go from one musical style to another sounds appealing. But in reality, other than The Beatles and Ween, it’s not something that too many…