REVIEW: HC-B – “Rough” July 29, 2015 It takes a great record to remind me how awkward it can be — yes yes, like dancing to architecture — to write about really good instrumental… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Melvins – “The Bulls And The Bees”/”Electroretard” (Re-issue) July 22, 2015 So, here it is: the new Melvins record is actually a duo of Melvins records that already was. It’s interesting to see what the juxtaposition of… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Richard Buckner – “The Hill” (Reissue) July 15, 2015 Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology turned 100 a few days ago, and Merge Records marked the occasion by re-releasing the oft-overlooked indie-folk gem… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Rolo Tomassi – “Grievances” July 15, 2015 My hard drive, in its dying breaths, killed my last review of Rolo Tomassi’s new record, Grievances. Good thing for them. It wasn’t very nice…. Continue Reading
REVIEW: Ampline/Buffalo Killers – Split Single June 4, 2015 Two Cincinnati bands prove The Afghan Whigs and The National are not maybe where this Ohio/Kentucky border city’s recent musical footnote ends in a… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Jim O’Rourke – “Simple Songs” June 3, 2015 Jim O’Rourke can resemble a complicated musical chameleon. Since the late 80s, he has blended a patchwork career in the avant-garde with explorations into… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Elephant Rifle – “Ivory” May 29, 2015 This record begins with the uncontrolled wailing of guitar feedback and squalor, later joined by the gasps of a dying piano. And that’s a… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Rachel Grimes – “The Clearing” May 28, 2015 There is a whisper, a scattering of whispers, a whole orchestrated evening of whispers – a subdued kind of wonder and majesty to it… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Faith No More – “Sol Invictus” May 19, 2015 Faith No More, after an 18-year recorded absence, is back today with a new CD, Sol Invictus, and the band sounds as finely tuned… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Zu – “Cortar Todo” May 13, 2015 Want a quick hit summary on an interesting record? Zu’s Cortar Todo, out now on Mr. Mike Patton’s Ipecac Records, is a mind-bending mélange of… Continue Reading
