REVIEW: tētēma – “Geocidal” December 8, 2014 Sabina Maselli’s spirited avant-film experimentation is the perfect introduction to tētēma, the Anthony Pateras/Mike Patton duo debuting tomorrow on Ipecac. Both, it should be… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Captain Beefheart – “Sun Zoom Spark” Box Set December 3, 2014 Experiencing Captain Beefheart always has felt like a bit of an acid trip to me. Shape-shifting, mysterious and occasionally frenzied, Don van Vliet’s gravel-voiced… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Loscil – “Sea Island” November 21, 2014 I’m starting to become convinced that you haven’t heard a pulse dissolve or a measure replicate off-time quite right until you’ve heard Loscil, which,… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Wet Lungs – “Vile Hobbies” EP November 19, 2014 God bless Gabe Serbian. While some members of San Diego grind-core legends The Locust are taking an indefinite break while the populace waits for… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Bedhead – “Bedhead: 1992-1998” Boxed Set November 18, 2014 The single guitar note, all fragile and frosted glass, falls on the foot of the kick drum. And then, as the notes continue to… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Hepa-Titus – “Gettin’ It On” November 6, 2014 Originally published in Popdose on Nov. 5, 2014 Ipecac Records devotees might be led, for good reason, to believe that the Kevin Rutmanis narrative… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes November 6, 2014 Thom Yorke is talkin’ ‘bout a revolution again. Only this time, his soundtrack to it is so slight, it’s almost ethereal. Yorke and producer-extraordinaire… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Jolie Holland – “Wine Dark Sea” November 6, 2014 Originally published in Popdose on Oct. 30, 2014 Second take? Such a treasure! On Wine Dark Sea, Jolie Holland’s sixth LP, the eclectic singer-songwriter… Continue Reading
REVIEW: A Winged Victory For The Sullen – “Atomos” November 6, 2014 When you listen to A Winged Victory For The Sullen’s new record, titled Atomos, it’s difficult not to think about the musicality and inherent… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Melvins – “Hold It In” November 6, 2014 The latest Ipecac Records serving by proto-punk/metal-heads/Gods of Thunder The Melvins — this one titled, counter-intuitively, Hold It In — sounds like another experiment… Continue Reading
