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Two Strikes and Late Check Out Reviewed
November 19, 2024
Two Strikes – The Watcher
The majority of us have stories read to us as children. That shapes our attitude towards the world, its dangers, and the possibilities that life has to offer. But, most importantly, it teaches us how to listen to stories and, perhaps, how…
Terra Twin and DahL Reviewed
November 19, 2024
Terra Twin – Again and Again
Memories ain’t nothing. They shouldn’t scare you. They have little power over you. At least, not as much as they could have. The brain’s cleverly wired in such a way that many of the worst nights and most tense mornings that…
Alligator Ladies and Auris Delan and The Pepper Sho Reviewed
November 14, 2024
Alligator Ladies – Crazy Magician Man
Around 36,000 people travelled to Peru specifically for ayahuasca retreats in 2019, and a significant portion of these tourists were from the United States. That’s the last stat that I could pick up. But walking around…
Human Regolith and Cole Anyway Reviewed
November 11, 2024
Human Regolith – Asclepias
Music can lead you down some dangerous roads if you’re not careful if you take it too seriously. Some Greek philosophers thought that music and theatre should be banned. Leo Tolstoy, a big music fan, warned others like him that they risk…
Turtle Skull and Xkaii Reviewed
November 7, 2024
Turtle Skull – Apathy
The world’s retreating back into fantasy, and who can blame it? But it’s not any old fairy story that will do. Pop culture doesn’t have the habit of becoming fashionable unless it is really needed unless people really desire it to return.
The Hypnatwists and Mooses Reviewed
November 4, 2024
The Hypnatwists – Wicked Eyes
The thing about James Bond soundtrack tunes is that none of them are fast, chaotic, or lose focus before the last note of them has been played. That is something that they have in common with all other spy movie themes. The spies who…
Blood Moon Sex and Adro The Toxic Waste Reviewed
October 30, 2024
Blood Moon Sex – Witch Hunt
Above everything, people have always feared those who would refuse to talk to them, to explain themselves, to put in writing what their plans, goals and ways of achieving those were. Of course, there are few who can stand the pressure of…
A Place To Bury Strangers - "It's Too Much" Reviewed
October 30, 2024
Maybe it is better to just lose your hearing with age from all of the loud concerts and from listening to music in headphones much louder than you should. One of the alternatives is to keep your hearing intact but to make the people around you turn down the volume whenever…
Bloody Tourist and Kris Lefcoe Reviewed
October 28, 2024
Bloody Tourist – Ceremony
The great studio musicians of old really miss the good ol’ days. Of course, they would. The 1980s was the last time that they were vital to making a hit record. Just imagine producers having to sit around for the band to tune up, only to…