Review: Melvins – “Five-Legged Dog” October 14, 2021 The Melvins, God bless them, always have been an act eager to revisit their canon, to dive deep into the discography, and see what new… Continue Reading
Review: Brainiac – “Attic Tapes” June 24, 2021 Musical polymath Tim Taylor shuffled off this mortal coil way back on May 23, 1997, killed in a car crash in his 30th year of… Continue Reading
Review: The Dead Space – “Chlorine Sleep” May 12, 2021 The Dead Space’s Chlorine Sleep hits all the right goddamned notes square on a waiting chin out of the gate. There are mightily propulsive,… Continue Reading
Review: Stuck – “Change Is Bad” June 3, 2020 Holy mother of fuck, how did this one slip below the radar? Born Yesterday Records released the Chicago quartet Stuck’s debut LP, Change Is Bad,… Continue Reading
Review: Brat Curse – S/T October 11, 2019 Brat Curse writes in earworms. That’s the only logical conclusion you can come to after listening to the Columbus, Ohio quartet’s new self-titled outing,… Continue Reading
Review: Dizzy Blip – “Laundry” EP October 10, 2019 50 words on Laundry EP– a capsule of sorts. Pittsburgh’s Sam Yeaton, a.k.a. Dizzy Blip, direct descends from Brainiac/Enon’s John Schmersal, writing angular noise-pop… 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: Warm Red – “Big Tiger” b/w “S.A.M.” August 30, 2019 Warm Red has that special something about it. The Atlanta quartet, which is making its recording debut today on Chunklet with the “Big Tiger”/”S.A.M.”… Continue Reading
Review: Roley Yuma – S/T July 16, 2019 Well, it took a couple decades, but it looks like Dayton, ground zero for bands as notable as The Breeders, Brainiac and Guided By… Continue Reading
Review: Daughters – “You Won’t Get What You Want” November 1, 2018 Daughters, never a band to play it understated, returns as a beast both transformed and reborn in the Rhode Island quartet’s first release since… Continue Reading
