Vultures, Hyenas and Coyotes – S/T and The Coolest Stuff of The Week | March 13th
Every week, Friday is the big release day for new music, but I usually get a slow trickle...
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Pissed Jeans – Half Divorced and The Coolest Stuff of The Week | March 6th
Oh? What’s this? The February 2024 edition of Cool Stuff dropped just last week, and we’re already back...
Pitchfork Music Festival 2023 – The Sound of Evolution
Despite being over half done with the year, it never really feels like a Chicago summer until festival...
Crushed Monocle Podcast: Episode 26 – Cool Sorcery & da.daer.
In Episode 26, Jon and Coop are joined by Marcus Assis of Cool Sorcery, and Kendon Lusher and Bun Bracey of da.daer.
Gilla Band Live at Lincoln Hall | Noise Never Sounded So Good
Noise has never sounded as good as it did at Lincoln Hall on February 27, 2023. Gilla Band...
SUMAC – May You Be Held | Menacing, Moody Metal without the Mess
My first true exposure to metal didn’t come until my early 20s. I owe it all to Christian...
Cruel Nature Records – 2019 releases (so far)
The world needs labels like Cruel Nature Records. I love the dedication to the craft of outsider music that Cruel Nature Records strive for.
A Place Both Wonderful And Strange: The City Smells Like Cat Spit | Review
A Place Both Wonderful And Strange brings us new EP titled The City Smells Like Cat Spit - their entire EP is something enchanting.
Album Review: Drone guitarists Kyle Bobby Dunn & Wayne Robert Thomas transcend on split 12″
Clocking in at 40 minutes, ambient and experimental guitarists Kyle Bobby Dunn and Wayne Robert Thomas have, in short, created two works on KBD / WRT that it is all too easy to become absolutely lost in.
Ex Eye: Sure to Make Metal Heads Quiver
Ex Eye may at times be repetitive and occasionally long-winded, yet this debut album is a treasure to be found in the metal world and deserves a listen.