Two-time Basement Tapes alumnus Sean Severson returns with the newest free album from his project And How. Almost Tomorrow finds Severson continuing down the road of melancholic rock that fans of his music have come to love. You can hear … Continued
I became aware of Braden Mann and the Reprimand through a YouTube video of them covering a Michael Knott song with a cool, organic, down-to-earth sound. Luckily, I found all of their songs on BandCamp and decided to check them … Continued
This iTunes only ep is a bit of a history capsule. When Crumbacher called it a day, former members Dawn Johnson and Chris Duke decided to form a band and go in a completely different musical direction. This is female-fronted … Continued
A big change has occurred in the Mind of the Sick camp. Noah Tubbs is still about welcoming people as they are and not conforming to stereotypes. MotS still churns out catchy, groovy industrial metal that lives in the same … Continued
The crazy coolness that is Destroy Nate Allen returns with the Gnarboots serving as their backing band. Backing band you say? Have they gone corporate pop? Not at all! Folk punk is still the basis for Destroy Nate Allen’s sound … Continued
Crumbächer’s classic second album has been given a facelift for its 25th anniversary. The sound is new wave / rock / synthpop straight from the 80s. Some people will write this off as dated no matter what I say – … Continued
This was an interesting review set-up. We tend to get stuck on random email lists by random labels that obviously don’t know our magazine and think we will want to review their next teen-bop wannabe. Marco actually contacted us himself … Continued
Doug Burr returns with an EP of re-recorded versions of songs from his O, Ye Devastator album. The difference between these songs and the original ones are that these are stripped down numbers with interesting “version names” added on the … Continued
Expansive minimalism from Jeff MacKey of Writ on Water and Jarod Weldin of Dangerous Trap. The majority of the music on this self-titled album is created using ambient guitars, with just a slight hint of percussion and pianos/keyboards here and there. … Continued
It is hard to find anything to say about Sticks and Stones that hasn’t already been said a time or two in the last 22 years. On a personal note, this was my introduction to the 77’s as a band. … Continued