Review + Stream – Ramleh – Circular Time
Firstly, this baby’s a double. Thirteen tracks. Two hours or so of your life will be taken from you as you surrender to the inevitable, and immerse yourself in this …
Review + Stream – Dreamcrusher – Hackers All Of Them Hackers EP
Dreamcrusher is playing in Boston on November 6th as part of Boston Hassle Hassle Fest. I’ll be honest. I love a nice bit of noise. From Incapacitants to Prurient, Kylie …
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Supersonic Festival 2011 Report From Grant Hobson
Author’s Disclaimer : This is a purely subjective review based on the acts I saw, and that didn’t include all of them, so apologies to all of the acts that …
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Reviews – Picayu / Makoto "Om Sweet Home" / Hey Colossus "RRR" / Dead Elephant "Thanatology"
This trio of releases from Riot Season offer up free-rock shocks aplenty. If a label is to be judged by the quality and coherency of its roster of releases then …
Review – Wiliam Bennett – Cut Hands
This is William Bennett’s first “solo” album. After 30 years of provoking distaste and death threats with Whitehouse, the musical pariah has (at long last) found himself actively courted by …
Review – Austerlitz -"Austerlitz"
Austerlitz are a three-piece electro-indie / art-punk band from Paris. They boast, and I quote from their PR, “Virtuosic keyboard lines, intricate bass work, a typically French vocal irreverence that …
Review – Crater Tater – Primera Musicka de Tater
This 2010 album of “Experimental / Prog / Rawk” (their quote) from four Florida “Taters” . Each is named respectively, either in a bid for anonymity, or in an attempt …
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As Built PR SXSW & Beyond (Summer 2011) Sampler – Review
This sampler contains 25(!) tracks of new and unreleased music from the current Boston scene. By anyone standards, that’s a lot of tracks and gives credence to the blurb that …
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Father Divine – Requiem for Intellect (Review)
These self confessed “mean-spirited iconoclasts” talk a good game. Go to their website – http://fatherdivine.net/site/about/ Yes. These boys are all about THE MUSIC. Make no mistake. They only want to …
Review: Whoarfrost – Whoarfrost (Engine, 2011)
This Baltimore trio of “noise / freejazz / freakout” enthusiasts seem to be playing live for the duration of this recording. it’s enthusiastically technical and tightly played. The meshing of …