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Album Reviews
Record Review: Tera Melos – X’ed Out
Hailing from Sacramento, California, Tera Melos is a band that has held a firm grasp on my attention ever since I first discovered them back in 2007. I was introduced to them through the spastic, but colourful sounds that peppered their second EP, Drugs to the Dear Youth, which isn’t the easiest collection of songs … Continue reading
Record Review: The Haxan Cloak – Excavation
I was pretty confused when I originally heard that the Haxan Cloak had signed to Tri Angle Records last year. Like yeah, it was totally rad, but it just didn’t really make sense to me. Although both admittedly known for their dark approach to music, the textural experiments of the Haxan Cloak’s debut LP had … Continue reading
Record Review: Wavves – Afraid of Heights
San Diego’s Nathan Williams began his work as Wavves in his parent’s house. Just another teenager with a guitar and a four-track recorder, but managed to create a couple of the noisiest and catchiest records in lo-fi garage rock history. After the straightforward appeal of Wavves set in after two records, 2010’s King of the … Continue reading
Record Review: Colleen Green – Sock it to Me
Move over Liz Phair and Belly, well from my CD collection anyway. Colleen Green is taking over. Compared to the other Pop_Rock Queens of the past, Green’s vocals are whispier than Phair’s (much like Belly), but both share the monotone style. She also rocks the guitar with the similar heavy distortion as her predecessors. However, … Continue reading
(A Soundtrack for Locutus’ Friday Night Out) Record Review: How to Destroy Angels – Welcome Oblivion
I’m not completely sure what to make of the new How to Destroy Angels album. I’m not sure because it’s so different from what I expect from Trent Reznor and what I remember HtDA sounding like. And I’m not sure actual humans put this album together: it’s so impersonal and cold it sounds like something … Continue reading
Record Review: KEN Mode – Entrench
KEN Mode (KEN being an acronym for “Kill Everyone Now”) are undoubtedly one of Canada’s most reliable forces in metal and hardcore, leaving destruction in their path after each release. Their previous record Venerable earned them a Juno Award in 2011 (essentially the Canadian equivalent to a Grammy), and this year’s offering Entrench shows that … Continue reading
David Bowie – The Next Day (It’s Not What We Expected, But What We Should’ve Expected)
There’s a new Bowie album out which is a rare occurrence these days: the last time any new Bowie came out was 2003’s Reality and the last time new-to-you Bowie came out was 2010’s bloated Station to Station box set (three LPs! Five CDs! And a DVD 5.1 mix of the album!). So it’s been … Continue reading
Record Review: Suuns – Images du Futur
Throughout history, there have been groups of musicians that don’t want to conform to mainstream media and genres. In some cases, entire musical movements are birthed from this idea – Punk being an obvious example. And with Punk music like many others, once a larger social group jumped on the bandwagon, certain individuals wanted something … Continue reading
Record Review: And So I Watch You From Afar – All Hail Bright Futures
The best way to describe And So I Watch You From Afar’s latest full length album All Hail Bright Futures is as 12 tracks of 100% pure positivity. This album just exudes good vibes, which is a change in the band’s sound. Where ASIWYFA’s previous album Gangs seemed like a battle cry on the way into some epic and gory battle, All Hail Bright Futures is … Continue reading
Record Review: Mister Lies – Mowgli
It’s interesting that just last week, as part of Red Bull’s ‘Hashtags’ series, they looked into the area of “beats”, instrumental music made by electronic producers. The main artists they looked at included beat-genius Flying Lotus, as well as TNGHT, Shlohmo and XXYYXX. It’s interesting because Chicago native Nick Zanca, better known by his stage … Continue reading
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