False Idle seems to be emerging as one of the leaders of the new Christian Punk rock scene. But to prove that they are more than just a bunch of loud punks, they decided to release an acoustic EP. California Or Bust is basically a collection of re-recorded versions of earlier False Idle songs. Punk…
Well, here we thought ‘Tsar Bomba’ was the final Bride album and we thought wrong. The Thompson brothers are back picking up right where they left off, ‘Incorruptible’ is in the vein of Bride’s more artsy/progressive (if you will) albums like ‘Drop’, ‘Oddities’, and ‘Tsar Bomba’. Amazing riffs from Troy as always, moments of dark…
And How goes heavy metal? Well, not really at all, but these songs do sound a bit heavier and more aggressive to these ears. The distinct And How sound is still present, so don’t think this is one of those extreme band makeover kind of albums. Some songs, like “Stepping Stones” rock out nicely. Other…
Indie DYI the way it was meant to be heard. Rough around the edges, lots of tape hiss, but catchy and enjoyable. Eddie’s voice has an interesting bit of soul in it that makes it distinct (but not in an annoying way). I dig the hint of Zeppelin in places like “U Might As Wella…
I’m having a hard time trying to figure out how to describe the genre of this EP. Try to imagine Bill Mallonee with louder guitars, and that gets a bit close to Lost Orchards. Or I guess you could say that they are an Americana Folk band that is not afraid to turn up the…
Basement Tapes head honcho, deep thinker, and all around nice guy Mike Indest returns with a new EP of acoustic pop ditties. With provocative titles like “I’ll Be Your Jesus” and “You Think You’re Pretty Now”, you know you are not in for typical Top 40 radio fodder. The mood seems to be a bit…
Sammy Horner of Electrics fame explains the album in his liner notes as such: “Things were bad…Johnny Cash had died and I was in a bad place…me and old Jimmy D were suffering from something dark and mean…we got holed up in a studio with a baritone guitar and a lot of reverb…yeah, we wrote…
So what do you get from a band that lists everyone from Black Sabbath to Smashing Pumpkins to Keith Green as influences? Guitar-based noisy alternative rock that is just enough 90s to be retro cool while also being enough modern to not sound dated. The band probably best describes their own sound as a “Technicolor…
Hadn’t listened to the Insyderz since 1998’s Fight For Your Life LP. I didn’t bother to check out the two worship albums they released, may have been due to over saturation of Skacore at the time, or maybe with my ever changing musical taste, might be because I’m not a fan of praise and worship…
Secret Archives of the Vatican has been around for a long time. Like, “since the 80s” long time. They are a bit outside of the normal type of music covered here at DTL. SAotV specialize in electronic music mixed with ethnic instruments, rhythms, and ideas. At first you might say “So what? Hundreds of acts…