Bookburner vs. Zool Split Review + Stream
Words: Grant Hobson (Psalm69) This split release from two Massachusetts bands poses a perennial hardcore/ grindcore / punk problem. How many words need be written about a project that clocks …
Guest Review – Shadow Biosphere – Parallel Evolution (Grant Hobson)
Oftentimes, the Press Release that arrives accompanying a new release can contain enough hyperbole and overwrought allusion as to make a reviewer want to gouge out her/ his eyes with …
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Review: Deerhoof – La Isla Bonita
20 Years into a career that continues to be the musical equivalent of wandering through Willy Wonka’s factory, Deerhoof return after 2012’s “Breakup Songs” with their new 10-song collection “La …
Single Review – Pink Avalanche – In Empty Spaces (Past/Futures Records)
Rating: 3/5 There’s nothing wrong with wearing your influences on the sleeve. Judging by “In Empty Spaces”, a single off of their debut album “The Luminous Heart of Nowhere”, Pink …
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Submission Review – Killerkume – Trautzer Blaster
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 First minute of this debut EP from Spanish noise-rockers Killkerkume sounds vaguely reminiscent of Helmet’s White City, but once the instrumental section ends and vocals …
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Show Review – Call of the Wild / Dinosaur Jr. at the Sinclair (12.15.2013)
In a world full of uninspiring band names, New Yorkers Call of the Wild should at the very least get an award for picking a name that is both original and …
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Highlight/Review – Tree No Leaves – Blind Tigers
What they say: Cowboy/Indian Tree No Leaves is a psych/electro/rock band formed in 2008 in The Heart of It All, Ohio. The band got its start as a loop based duo and is …
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Highlight/Review – So Stressed – Attracted to Open Mouths
What they say: We’re from Sacramento, California. We play weird, noise rock/punk stuff using drums, guitar, keyboard/sampler, and voice. We’ve been doing that since 2010. We put out an album …
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Reading Room – Mark Yarm – Everybody Loves Our Town (Three Rivers Press, 2012)
Rating: 4 out of 5 As a kid, I largely equated grunge with one band – Nirvana. And, indeed, to most people they personify anything that grunge came to symbolize …
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Metal Sunday – New Music Releases – Napalm Death / Converge Split
Its a clash of the titans, as grindcore/death metal overlords Napalm Death face hardcore road warriors Converge! Converge side of the split includes one new track (“No Light …
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