Cascade Riot “New Disguise” , a review before my lunch break by Abbi Cadaver

Let’s start off by prefacing idk how to write reviews , my opinion prolly doesn’t matter , but I need to kill 20 minutes till lunch and I’m Famished , so as a distraction Here We Go !

I listened to Cascade Riots new album “New Disguise” from start to finish while strategically avoiding work calls and sipping Dr Peppys . What stood out to me immediately was the quality , like these people sound put together and profesh! Gave me flashbacks of mid 2000’s edgy hard rock radio stations in the best way possible.

The Vocals hit hard and strong as if Buckcherry, The Foo Fighters , and Puddle of Mudd had a 3 way voice baby that grew up to be Cascade Riot. As I was searching for a specific set of lyrics the band had set a hunt out for, I noted some memorable things about some of their songs. “Exit 55” has a banger breakdown that I love
“Rubys” bass line was so ripping , I made the “bass face”

I was going to just write about how sick the bass runs were in Ruby but upon speculation Every Song had a rippin bass line. On that note all the insteamwnts played off each other so perfectly , letting one another shine and blossom thru, the entire album was very cohesive. Unlike these next few lines.

“Time Machine” was so good I listened to it two weeks ago 326 times and you should too! There’s a bridge in “maybe tomorrow” I’d like to dub the “Metallica bridge “ with its crushing guitar solo and stompy drums felt like the classics. Speaking of Stompy “Conversation” gets your head banging and flows right into one of my favorites “Cellophone” that punches you in the guts right outta the gate , and you smile and say “thank you”.

The album closes out with “Surfin On Fire” This song left me was some amazing visuals and I didn’t even have to take any mid day drugs to get them ! Also there’s some screams at the end and I’m always a sucker for the heavy

All in all an amazing work of art ! Highly recommend checking out ! I think my fav song is “Ruby” (I just like yelling RUUUBBYYY”). Anywho adhd and side conversation aside , it’s one minute passed my lunch so MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Till next time nerds

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Fighter Jets is an alternative/electro/synthpop band formed in 2015, originally from San Francisco and currently based in Los Angeles, CA.

“A gritty, Deadly Avenger-recalling cut. Despite its name, don’t expect an easy-breezy night on the town.” -Vehlinggo #OneLiners on Under the City Lights

Tracklist

Fighter Jets x IHeartNoise March 2021 Mixtape.

Broadcasting on Radio Dark Tunnel: March 26, 2021.

1. Holy Ghost! – Do It Again (DFA Records)
2. Street Cleaner – B*tches, Leave (Independent)
3. Stilz – Test Pilot [feat. The Encounter] (Lazerdiscs Records)
4. Best Korea – Iron Lung (Independent)
5. Us3r – Supernatural (Independent)
6. Madison Olds – Best Part of Me (Madison Olds Music/ASCAP)
7. Barretso – Alright (Vandalo Records)
8. Fighter Jets – Alone In Our Rooms [Hot Tea Remix] (Near Infinity/Quitterz Music 2019)
9. LookLA – Till You Find the Sea (Awal Digital Ltd)
10. Crash Adams – Ooh! (Independent)
11. Vice Reine – Blue Rider (Independent)
12. Andy Lawrence – Moondust (Independent)
13. Hackers Soundtrack – Grand Central Station [feat. David Gilmour] (Edel America Records)

NOTE: Fighter Jets & IHeartNoise disclaim any ownership or copyright to the above music. All individual tracks are products of copyrights of the above artists. All Rights Reserved by the respective artists & record labels/publishers. Fair Use applied. 

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Summary of a follow-up thread to our translation of Alexander Kushnir’s “100 Tapes of Soviet Rock” – follow Oleg on Twitter and Telegram.

100 Tapes of Soviet Rock is a crucial document that was first published (in samizdat) in 1990. It outlined how soviet rock music evolved up to the 90’s and attempted to shape its canon.

Please note “attempted” – despite Kushnir’s best efforts, there’s no canonical soviet rock beyond the hits and a few names. Kushnir’s book focused on the kind of underground music that fell off the map pretty soon. I doubt that Kushnir even heard some of the records he wrote about.

And it’s definitely a book about the USSR, i.e. the country that doesn’t exist anymore. Kushnir’s picks come from all over the USSR, from Yakutia to Carpathian Ruthenia to Riga to South Caucasus mountains, and they are as diverse musically as their geography.

For instance, the lone album of the early 90’s Ihevsk band стук бамбука в XI часов (“the knock of bamboo at 11 o’clock”) is mentioned. it’s dreamy song-based lofi electronica, not something that orthodox rockists would usually associate with “rock music”.

I don’t think a true rockist would have considered this, the first known Russian hip hop album (recorded by Inga Copeland’s dad, btw), to be worthy of mention. but it’s in the book, alongside many other curiosities of variable historical impact.

most of these records were never “properly” (i.e. in non-samizdat way) released. many are considered by their authors to be juvenilia. but all of them demand your attention. here are all 100 of them in one list, on rym

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/mirddin/100-tapes-of-soviet-rock/1/

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