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: King Buzzo – “Gift of Sacrifice” August 11, 2020 Ipecac Recordings advanced two singles off King Buzzo’s much-anticipated second solo LP, Gift of Sacrifice: “I’m Glad I Could Help Out” and “Science in Modern America”. They’re good,… Continue Reading
Review: Mr. Bungle – “Fuck The U.S.A.” June 8, 2020 Mr. Bungle, which reincarnated Friday in the form of an online cover of the Exploited‘s anthemic (and rather timely) “Fuck the USA”, has always been utterly… 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: SUZISUZI – “Microphone’s Counter Attack!!” June 5, 2018 SUZISUZI likes exclamation points. On Microphone’s Counter Attack, its new 12-track, 20-minute LP out via Pure Evil last month, the title of every song… 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
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
