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: Mr. Bungle – “The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo” November 4, 2020 Talk about being locked and loaded with enough context and rotting fruit to fill a stadium. The core members of once- (and future-?) postmodern… 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: tetema – “Necroscape” April 3, 2020 Melbourne-based electro-acoustic musician Anthony Pateras has a way with words. Take, for example, the colorful context he sets in advance/press materials for “Haunted on… Continue Reading
Review: Human Impact – S/T March 12, 2020 Imagine an orgy scored by rusty industrial equipment blasting New York City noise-rock, something like Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, or Swans in their wicked… 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: J Hacha De Zola – “Icaro Nouveau” March 12, 2019 J Hacha De Zola, a New Jersey-based carnival barker and blender of genres, oft has proven himself adept at conjuring musical spirits. He does… Continue Reading
Review: Kaada – “Closing Statements” May 25, 2018 The new record from the Norwegian composer Kaada is a beautiful thing, immense in scope yet startlingly intimate. But, while it plays on a… Continue Reading
