Albums Of The Week: Salo | From Melmac With Hate

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Salo are a trio coming from Lyon’s seedy underbelly: It’s the satisfying grime at the corner of the mouth and the blank stare that comes...

Albums Of The Week: Black Holes Are Cannibals | Surfacer

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Formed around the uber-talent of Chris Jude Watson (founder of Snakes Don’t Belong In Alaska), Black Holes Are Cannibals are the band to take his...

Albums Of The Week: Tin Woodman | Songs For Eternal Lovers

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Songs For Eternal Lovers is the second full-length record from the Italian project formed by Simone Ferrari (aka Simon Diamond), Davide Chiari (aka Dave The...

Albums Of The Week: Kids On A Crime Spree | Fall In Love Not...

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “It's been over a decade since Kids On A Crime Spree released We Love You So Bad, their ephemeral debut EP. Since then, the Bay...

Albums Of The Week: Cactus | The Birth Of Cactus 1970

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Birth Of Cactus 1970 features a stunning, historic vintage live show unearthed from the archives of the very first public performance by classic rock...

Albums Of The Week: These Wild Plains | Thrilled To Beer Here

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Like most everyone crowding the exit of 2019, These Wild Plains had big plans for the new year. Thousands of miles were to be logged,...

Albums Of The Week: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Butterfly 3001

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “We’ve put off doing a remix album for a long time. Maybe it was conscious, maybe it wasn’t. But it’s happening now,” says King Gizzard...

Albums Of The Week: EinsEinsEins | Zwei

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE (TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN): “EinsEinsEins’ Zwei is the heartbeat of digital globalization. A current that opposes the ever-same. The opium for society whose life is constructed...

Back Stories | My 2012 Interview With Meat Loaf

B ack in 2012, I had the opportunity to talk to the one and only Meat Loaf. To be fair, I didn't get to do much talking — Meat...

Albums Of The Week: Julie Christensen | 11 From Kevin: Songs Of Kevin Gordon

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “When Julie Christensen first heard Nashville singer-songwriter Kevin Gordon perform, she instantly remembered the first time a song made her cry. Having built her career...

Albums Of The Week: Night Crickets | A Free Society

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Foundational bands in the history of alternative music certainly include Bauhaus, Love and Rockets and Violent Femmes. San Francisco-born artist Darwin Meiners was a fan of...

Albums Of The Week: Boris | W

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In an effort to sublimate the negative energy surrounding everyone in 2020, legendary Japanese heavy rock band Boris focused all of their energy creatively and...

Albums Of The Week: Sei Still | Fuzz Club Session

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Having upped sticks from Mexico City to Berlin, Sei Still’s Fuzz Club Session was recorded live at Berlin's Monoton Studio (which is also where they...

Albums Of The Week: Bzdet | Nie Ma Nic

The only information I could find about Bzdet and this album comes from a single line press release — “Bzdet is a deep-lofi-post-punk/weird new wave/eko punk solo project from...

Albums Of The Week: Silverbacks | Archive Material

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In years from now, anyone seeking to make sense of what life was like during a global pandemic should extend their research beyond the newspaper...

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