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Abominable Iron Sloth – The Id Will Overcome
Well here it is. The newest release from sludge metal trolls; Abominable Iron Sloth. Before I put on my metal trousers, let us first begin with some introductions. Sludge metal was a milestone in the development of Heavy Metal; taking the slowed sound of Doom and marrying it with the...
Crystal Castles – (II)
If you had goaded me into a conversation about Crystal Castles two months ago, it would have been hard for me to muster up much conviction on any opinion. If asked then, what two words would I use to describe the band, I would have answered with a hearty: Extremely...
Ceremony – Rohnert Park LP
Punk is short and punk is dumb and punk is loud and punk is ugly and punk is positive sometimes but mostly punk just doesn’t give a fuck because punk doesn’t play by your fucking rules, man. Fuck. Punk doesn’t even play by it’s own except when it does and...
Devo – Something for Everybody
It is hard for me to imagine there are people in the world who have never heard a Devo song besides the popular single “Whip It.” I can believe that there are people out there without the slightest bit of interest in New Wave or popular music from the 80’s....
Keepaway – Baby Style EP
“I think I finally know what I want/ I wanna be two places at once” declares KeepAway vocalist Nick Nauman on the brilliant “Yellow Wings”. Ironically, this describes Baby Style’s main problem. First and foremost- these guys are obviously Animal Collective fans. The same psychedelic electronics and wishy washy soundscapes...
F*ckface (NSFW)
I totally would’ve fucked to this record. I don’t know if that says something about me or about Fuckface (FUCKFACE!) or about the women I’ve known biblically. If there was a time – and there was – when I could eat pussy through a 45 minute, two part dirge wreck...
Useless Keys – Is The Painting Changing
I always wondered what hopeless gloom sounded like if that hopeless gloom wore a leather jacket and flicked cigarette butts into the ocean. Los Angele‘s acolytes of despondency, Useless Keys make an admirable debut EP with Is The Painting Changing? The title, no doubt some sort of idiosyncratic inside joke,...
Gogol Bordello – Trans-Continental Hustle
Eugene Hutz, frontman for Gogol Bordello, is still striving to make sure you have not forgotten about him. With tattered clothes, tattered guitars, tattered and wild hair to go along with tattered band mates, Hutz is seemingly in constant motion. Motion is a concept he is certainly familiar with, even...
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4.8/5 : Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before ...4.0/5 : Devo – Something for Everybody4.0/5 : Abominable Iron Sloth - The Id Will Ove ...4.0/5 : Nas and Damian Marley - Distant Relativ ...3.5/5 : Wavves- King Of The Beach3.5/5 : Ceremony - Rohnert Park LP3.3/5 : Crystal Castles - (II)3.3/5 : Das Racist - Shut Up, Dude3.0/5 : Scissor Sisters - Night Work3.0/5 : High on Fire – Snakes for the Divine 