Crawford Smith and Newmen feat. Wolfgang Flür bravely push themselves into the avant-garde
May 27, 2021
Newmen x Wolfgang Flür – Futur I
Kraftwerk’s influence on modern music is incalculable. Yet, for all of their importance, their clear imitators are few. This is strange, particularly because, as you know, if you’ve been following the chars, outside of…
1st Base Runner – Break Even
Contrary to what you might expect, I do not dislike people based on their preferences in music. However, I am not too crazy about people that like all kinds of music. That smacks of a lack of discerning taste. Plus, I find it hard you…
KingBlackAcid and the Rainbow Lodge – Somebody
When it comes to guitar music, chance favours either the bold or the immensely socially awkward. Read the name of the band that we’re reviewing as well as the title of their latest single, and you will easily…
The Famous Uncle – Clock Keeps Tick Ticking Around
The difficulty with recording and distributing music back in the earliest days of rock n’ roll built a special kind of mystique that only helped virtuoso players. Before you actually had the chance of hearing…
Mysterious Europa: Grated Heads and Ladderman reviewed
April 29, 2021
Laddermen – Welcome To the 20’s
We may love Johnny Thunders and the rest of the fashionably wasted rock stars. But, the truth of the matter is that the music world, like most aspects of life, belongs to people who are ambitious and take themselves pretty…
Hues of blue: COLYER and Dome Dwellers reviewed
April 29, 2021
Dome Dwellers – Way It Goes
Musical progress ain’t always pretty. I’m pretty sure not a lot of people were sitting there listening to the original hardcore bands going, “Wow, this sounds agreeable“. Aesthetics aside, the gull and effort of…
Double dip trip: Glutenhead and Morningless reviewed
April 14, 2021
Glutenhead – Naked in Toronto
We all know about various communities dealing with highly sensitive issues that have only been made worse by the pandemic and everything that has happened in the previous year. But, what about the hipsters? Surely, we must think of them…
Hawkwind: Psych-rock pioneers or acid victims?
April 5, 2021
Hawkwind, depending on who it is you ask, and where exactly they first encountered the group, are either responsible for creating one of the first robust underground scenes in rock, or were a bunch of misguided acid victims. To some, they were salt-of-the-earth musicians…
David Williams’ Trickster Carousel – Cradle to the Grave
The beginning of 2021 saw rock artists desperately trying to get in on the action of NFTs, unique digital assets that have been around for years in the world of crypto and blockchain…