Phantom Family Halo
There’s a schizo tension to Family Halo’smusic born of the band’s dueling aesthetics. There are the noisy soundscapes that dominated the band’s earliest material, and which still hold a lot …
These Arms Are Snakes
The sort of postmodern hardcore your little sister will also like. If she has tattoos and / or piercings, is infatuated with Charles Manson, digs Richard Kern, prefers Johnny Depp …
Band Profile – Pelican
Pelican – MySpace Page Tusk – MySpace Page Chicago, IL (and currently LA) based Pelican are one of the rising stars in the field of instrumental rock music (and probably …
Band Bios // Russian Circles
Official Site MySpace Page RC is a Chicago, IL instrumental rock band that were formed out of ashes of another instrumental outfit called Dakota/Dakota. Since their formation in 2004, the …
Band Profile – Animal Collective
The Animal Collective surprises with every turn. They combine an unlikely orchestra of sounds and their songs amble across structures instead of repeating them. After composing a short melody, they …
Band Bios // World Domination Enterprises
Offcial Site MySpace Page Best known for their track “Asbestos Lead Asbestos” (which was covered by Meat Beat Manifesto in 1996), WDE were a noisy UK band (dubbed “psychobilly concrete” …
Stuff You Might've Missed – Aarktica
Aarktica is a way to “execute the soundtrack of life in mono… one of audio distortions, aural hallucinations and reliance on painkillers.” – Jon DeRosa Official Site Epitonic Page
R.I.P. – Jack Rose (Pelt) (1971-2009)
Jack Rose, the founder of the band Pelt, passed away on a morning of December 5, 2009 of an apparent heart attack. He was 38 years old.
New Music Releases – Aarktica – In Sea
Associated Entries: Aarktica Format: CD Label: Silber Records Sixth full-length by Jon DeRosa project Aarktica. Includes a cover of Danzig song “Am I Demon?” “In Sea” is Jon DeRosa’s sixth-full …
Review + Download – Nikki Louder – Alain I'm Sorry (Cheap Tunes, 2009)
MySpace Page Nikki Louder are a Slovenian band that plays fairly messy hardcore/math/noise hybrid with distorted guitars and machine-gun drumming being the primary weapons of choice. “Alain I’m Sorry” is …
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