Music Review
Not sure how to review this entire compilation without hitting each song individually. Which I don’t know if I have time for, since there are so many! I’m not sure why I expected more singer-songwriter songs, but there are some nice rock, alternative, punk, and electronic songs in the mix. Mike Indest did a killer…
If you’re reading this then hopefully you know who Rick McDonough is. If you don’t, this is a good place to start. Rick is a musician, a photographer, a family man and a genuine purveyor of electronic wizardry. This eymard project of Rick’s is just one of many outlets…he’s one half of the duo that…
I have heard three albums lately that have blown me away completely. I did a review on one of them (CUSH SP3) here. The second album to level my senses is Wovenhand’s new Refractory Obdurate. I’ve been a fan of David Eugene Edward’s music for years and have enjoyed everything he’s done. I didn’t know what to…
The new SP3 record has been one that fans of the entity CUSH have been waiting on for a long time. I was super stoked to get this for a review, and almost asked to get it sooner than I did just because I hard a hard time waiting to hear it knowing that it…
Electronic world music outfit Secret Archives of Vatican returns with another new release of sonic goodness for the masses. I can’t count the number of albums they have put out (mainly because there are so many, but also because I can’t find an accurate discography anywhere) – but they never seem to slack off or…
The alternative anti-rock married super duo of The Radiant Dregs managed to take a break from releasing compilations of past material long enough to actually unleash some new tunes on us. I don’t know what is in the DTL Collective water, but every act is getting better with each release. I don’t want to sound…
Loud, fast, in your face punk rock. No Punk Influences reminds me of… well… a whole lot of the punk bands that influenced me to like punk rock in the first place. Throw in some dark offbeat humor (a song called “Smash Hit” talking about smashing your radio and TV) and I’m sold. Mix in…
So I am gearing up to write a review of last year’s Inchworm when out of nowhere And How releases Idling. So I guess you get a two for one review here, even though the title says Idling. If you have been a fan of And How in the past, these new releases will only…
Hardcore is back! Or, more accurately, the hardcore most of us grew to love in the early 90s. LIV. Sounds like they could have been on a Helpless Among Friends compilation back in the day. I always felt that particular form of hardcore got swept under the rug too quickly by the new hardcore that…
ShiSho is a band that was a casualty of the death of MySpace (for my music collection, that is). I first tuned into their cool, crazy music when they covered Michael Knott’s “Daddy’s Whomp.” Then I lost track because I failed to ever go back to MySpace to see what I was missing. But they…