Review: Tomahawk – “Tonic Immobility” March 29, 2021 Mike Patton likes his boxes all neat and tidy. While his early days with Mr. Bungle and Faith No More were filled with hungry… Continue Reading
Review: Talking Book – “Talking Book II” April 22, 2020 The best film scores are symbiotes, feeding off developments on the screen as much as their notes and flourishes contribute non-diagetic narrative elements such… 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
Review: Chuck Mosley – “Joe Haze Session #2” (Record Store Day Exclusive) March 14, 2019 There’s something wonderfully strange and welcoming about the new Chuck Mosley record. I, like many, got introduced, pun intended, to Mosley through early, Introduce… Continue Reading
Review: Dead Cross – S/T EP May 9, 2018 Surprise, surprise, indeed. The hardcore-punk super-group Dead Cross dropped an unannounced, four-song EP on the public last week via Ipecac and, for all its… Continue Reading
Obituary: Chuck Mosley (1959-2017) November 11, 2017 Chuck Mosley – who died unexpectedly yesterday, age 57 – was a mess of contradictions. He was an L.A. rock star and a Midwestern… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Primitive Race – “Soul Pretender” November 1, 2017 It’s hard not to view Primitive Race’s sophomore outing, Soul Pretender, as the next chapter in Chuck Mosley’s epic comeback story. On the record,… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Dead Cross – S/T August 4, 2017 Mike Patton has never fronted a band like this. The Faith No More frontman, known by most of the populace alive in the 80s… Continue Reading
PROFILE: Chuck Mosley (2017) March 27, 2017 Chuck Mosley just can’t stop. Chain-smoking Marlboro Blacks as he sits near the end of an aging sofa, the 80s icon kicks on some… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Faith No More – “We Care A Lot” (Deluxe Band Version) December 28, 2016 Let’s fold back the sheets on 2016, this death’s bed of a year, by focusing our attention on one of its brighter moments, an… Continue Reading
