Music Review
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…
Thumper Punk continues to bring the punk, this time with their second benefit compilation. I wish I knew more about some of these bands to know if these songs are available elsewhere, but I am assuming that some of them probably aren’t. As with most comps, the quality varies from song to song. But it…
Former W’s front man Andrew Schar formed this combo with former W’s touring drummer Courtney Stubbort after the dissolution of the aforementioned band. The two are joined by Courtney’s brothers to form a very interesting combo. Hard to pin down the sound of Alpha Charlie: a blend of 60’s Power Pop, Funk, Rock, Swing, Gospel,…
I can see the movie trailer for the documentary in 20 years: “In a world… where musical talent actually mattered… bands like Dime Store Zombies would have ruled the charts…” So, the story goes that zombies ate SLIDE and they were resurrected as Dime Store Zombies. Seems like a little undead buffet action was pretty…
I’m trying to figure out who Christ’s Sake sounds like. There is something about the vocals that sounds familiar. Online I see them recommended for fans of The Ramones, The Clash, Black Flag, and Social Distortion. Maybe the vocals sounds like all of those mixed together – but at times I hear the influence of…
Platoon 1107 starts off this split with blazing heavy fast punk. Remember the dirty guitar tones Blenderhead dialed in for their first full length? The guitars here remind of that, just used instead for straight up working class punk. Platoon 1107 blazes through six songs that mostly float around the 1-2 minute length mark. The…
So it turns out all of those whispers and rumors about Veil of Ashes that have persisted for years and years are really true. For the faithful that have waited for the truth to be reveled for a few decades, we now have the whole the story. The long lost last recordings have been unleashed.…
Punk rock that is a bit on the pop side. Or at least more on the “catchy chorus” side of punk rather than the “Green Day rip-off” side. I was thrown a bit by the sudden third wave ska sounds in the second track. A lot of this EP sounds like what Tooth & Nail…
Bill Mallonee always delivers an unparalleled amount of genuinely solid music. The output is overwhelming sometimes to just try and keep up with. The thing that is striking is not just how many amazing songs he writes, but also how good they all are. Never an artist to waste words, Mallonee crafts his life on…
After years and years of promise, Cush is back. If you have been following the band’s website for long enough, you have heard most of these songs. The deal with Cush is that they never sound the same from outing to outing, but still somehow retain some characteristics that sound familiar. This description can be…