Review: Joan of Arc – “Eventually, All At Once” July 11, 2008 The Chicago-area collective/Tim Kinsella pseudo-solo experiment offers up 10 tracks of textured folk ballads, knotted full-band fare and laid-back, jangly post-something vaguely in line… Continue Reading
Review: Final Fantasy – “He Poos Clouds” July 11, 2008 Bizarre, bizarre, bizarre. Chamber music constructed around D&D’s eight schools of magic may not seem like an ideal premise for a record but Owen… Continue Reading
Review: Venice Is Sinking/What We Do Is Secret – S/T July 10, 2008 Jangly guitars and cooed female vocals lead the way in this five-song split between a pair of Georgia-based quintets. Venice Is Sinking tries to… Continue Reading
Review: Haram – S/T July 10, 2008 On first blush, this quartet’s 11-song full-length debut may feel like a fuzzy mimeograph of Fugazi shortly before the century turned. But, after two… Continue Reading
Review: Press The Button – “The Button: For Dummies” July 10, 2008 Simply put, a mess of found-sound collages that clearly reflect the inspiration of their origins — namely, the bleary-eyed experimentalism of late-night radio. On… Continue Reading
Review: The Red Krayola – “Introduction” July 10, 2008 For the better part of three decades, The Red Krayola has dominated — and, in many instances, helped map and define — the ever-shifting… Continue Reading
Review: Various Artists – “Knormalities V.3 Posthumorites” July 10, 2008 Bands stretching the conventional limits and commercial assumptions of “rock” offer up somewhat more bite-size fare on a four-song, limited-run comp that packs a… Continue Reading
Review: The Vanities – “Coma Kiss” July 10, 2008 It’s a strange science, calculating when a respected local act will begin to attract regional or national attention, like some magnet that’s mysteriously ripened… Continue Reading
Review: Various Artists – “Protect: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children” May 30, 2008 NoFX’s “Leaving Jesusland” sets the tone for this 26-song comp: a bitter anthem slamming self-righteous supporters of the ruling elite who battle same-sex marriage… Continue Reading
Review: Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death – “Helpless” May 30, 2008 Spencer Moody (Murder City Devils) and Corey Brewer (Bright Shiny Objects) toss out the verse-chorus-verse formulas and craft a lo-fi disc of mumbled musical… Continue Reading
