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Charm School and Plattenbau Reviewed
October 7, 2024
Charm School – Debt Forever
Protests are going out of fashion, you’d think. But that’s just because no television network will pick up the new season, and the social media channels pick and choose what they want to show. Do this long enough, and who knows what…
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…
FEELRS and Speed Therapy Reviewed
September 21, 2024
FEELRS – Silver Chains
The point about punk rock was that it always represented liberty. Now, that sounds vague, and it is, of course, something that people will say about other genres that they fancy. But I am sure I’m right about this.
Most other genres…
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…
Crones and Cathedral Ceilings Reviewed
September 19, 2024
Crones – Dirt
What’s the fashion of rock music nowadays? Well, there’s uniform per se, unless you want to be accepted in a biker’s club or be an extra on a television show about the rise of punk in Britain. But that’s all just stupid.
For the most part…
Teenage Witch and Sea Foam Grey Reviewed
September 18, 2024
Teenage Witch – Jaloux
God bless rage and anger, for they have within them the kind of energy that could cause an empire to crumble. But nobody blessed with these kinds of gifts should sleep too comfortably at night. When they aren’t destroying the enemy, they…
Vosotros and Aderyn Reviewed
September 17, 2024
Vosotros – Mala Vida
There are few countries that are more excited about exotic sounds and places than the U.S. It tends to move cyclically, so expect a brand-new obsession for all things Australian, Japanese or South Korean in the next few years. It happened…
Die Feen and Silver Dust Review
September 12, 2024
Die Feen – EULOGY
The past is dark. There’s no way around it. Anybody who actually goes to history class and comes out smiling is a psychopath. There can’t be any debate about that, and also no debate about learning your history and getting used to the darkness…
Kodaclips and Uno Gold Reviewed
August 26, 2024
Kodaclips – Fall Apart
Always be suspicious of music where the people playing it seem to be enjoying themselves more than the people hearing it. Always be suspicious of musicians who can’t stop talking about their gear, the hours they’ve spent acquiring…