Albums Of The Week: Escuela Grind | Ddeeaatthhmmeettaall

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “This is the Massachusetts trio’s third genre-based EP installment, following 2020's similarly presented Ggrriinnddccoorree and Ppoowweerrvviioolleennccee. As the title suggests, this is their take on...

Albums Of The Week: Allman Brothers Band | Manley Field House Syracuse University, April...

Throughout the Allman Brothers Band’s 35-year existence, each live performance holds relevance. While band members left, joined, or passed on, the remaining constant has always been the band’s ability to...

Albums Of The Week: Good Cop | No Country For The Young

Every good cop needs a bad cop. Unless you're Hertfordshire punk outfit Good Cop. They've apparently got both sides of the badge covered with split-personality vocalist Vic Sell. On the...

Michael Isaak Admits That Forever Is A Scary Word

Michael Isaak explains the way in which Forever Is A Scary Word on his earnest debut EP — showcasing today on Tinnitist. Blending indie pop and folk elements, the emerging...

Albums Of The Week: Dead Best | Second

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dead Best’s fittingly titled sophomore album Second takes the raw pandemic expressions of two punk veterans and refines them into a ripping 13 tracks. Exhuming...

Albums Of The Week: Chris Ballew | Power Trip

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Chris Ballew grew up in Seattle Washington and started making music at the age of four. Eventually, after many twists and turns, Chris ended up being...

Albums Of The Week: Marika Hackman | Big Sigh

There's a good reason cliches become cliches. Take the saying: If you're going through hell, keep going. It's not just pithy. It's true. At least, it seems like it was...

Albums Of The Week: Bill Ryder-Jones | Iechyd Da

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bill Ryder-Jones’ fifth album Iechyd Da is a record that is rooted in love, loss, pain, heartache and often a deep darkness, but also one...

Albums Of The Week: The Awesome Machine | …It’s Ugly Or Nothing: The Desert...

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Ripple Music’s new Beneath The Desert Floor series unearths long-lost stoner rock treasures from the ’90s-’00s. The first instalment features Swedish scene veterans The Awesome...

Albums Of The Week: Bronson Arm | Bronson Arm

Sometimes it's better not to know. For instance: Based on their sludgy noise-punk attack, no-bullshit look and generally threatening vibe, I presumed this Michigan duo took their vaguely unsettling name...

Albums Of The Week: The Vaccines | Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations

The grass is always greener. Even for musicians. Maybe especially for musicians. After all, countless artists over the centuries have made beaucoup bank by copycatting the exotic sounds of...

Hannah Ellis Introduces That Girl To This World

Hannah Ellis is all that and more on her perfectly poised debut album That Girl — showcasing today on Tinnitist. A first-rate set of sharply penned, vibrantly rendered and expertly executed...

Classic Album Review: Opeth | My Arms, Your Hearse

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   So much speed metal...

Classic Album Review: Cryptopsy | Whisper Supremacy

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Title aside, there’s nothing...

Classic Album Review: Jag Panzer | The Age Of Mastery

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Going by this disc,...

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