Review: Slund – “Slundcore Superhero” October 9, 2019 50 words on the new Slund LP, minus those. Slovenia’s Slund can slam grindcore with the best of them but its new LP, Slundcore… Continue Reading
Review: Eric Bachmann – “Misinformation Age” October 9, 2019 Only Eric Bachmann could make rage over the Trump era’s alienating 24-hour-a-day mind-fuck seem elegiac. His new, one-off single, “Misinformation Age,” out yesterday via… Continue Reading
Review: Not Your Friends – “Constructing A Mental Breakdown” October 7, 2019 Constructing A Mental Breakdown, the ambitious burst of post-hardcore noise by Pittsburgh quartet Not Your Friends, is a vexing little document. First things first,… Continue Reading
Andre Costello and The Cool Minors – “Brighter Than Before” October 4, 2019 Fifty words on Andre Costello and The Cool Minors new one-song shot. Minus those, wise guy. Catchy indie pop, out Oct. 2, with all… Continue Reading
Review: Horehound – “Weight” EP October 3, 2019 Fifty words on Weight. Well, not counting those. Pittsburgh champions of dirgy doom-metal follow 2018’s Holocene with a two-song gem. (Sorry, vinyl’s sold out.)… Continue Reading
Review: DANA – “Glowing Auras & Black Money” October 2, 2019 The cover for Glowing Auras & Black Money, the sophomore outing from Ohio art-punk/mostly punk outfit DANA, is all wrong. The image, which features… Continue Reading
Review: Tender Mercy – “War Within” October 1, 2019 Under the moniker Tender Mercy, musician Mark Kramer creates eerie and unnerving skeletons of songs out of little more than a few carefully plucked… Continue Reading
Review: Bonnie “Prince” Billy – “BPB Mix Tape Vol. 5” September 25, 2019 Any musician who’s released 25 studio LPs (did I count that right?) must bear a treasure trove of outtakes and demos, amirite? But Will… Continue Reading
Review: Mudhoney – “Morning In America” EP September 18, 2019 The Mudhoney of Digital Garbage, a ferocious and oddly chiseled kind of beast, returns on a new odds-and-ends EP that reflects on the narratives… Continue Reading
Review: Mike Patton and Jean-Claude Vannier – “Corpse Flower” September 13, 2019 I first heard vocal shape-shifter Mike Patton collaborate with John Erik Kaada, the Norwegian composer, back in 2004. It was, even in the light… Continue Reading
