Album Reviews

Tops Of ’25: Hunting Accidents, Gifts|Choices|Poisons

What if you took all the best opening tracks/instrumental intros from all the greatest Rawk albums ever, huddled them together under one roof, then unleashed it into the world? That’s kind of the vibe we’re getting from Hunting Accidents and their epic new opus Gifts|Choices|Poisons.

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Tops Of ’25: Neverless.am, The Quiet Room

There was a reason we swore that the Neverless.am singles released in 2024 would bookend our local best of playlist (Hear it here if you missed it) and definitely a reason that the record that those tracks (“Can’t Let Go”, “Will I Ever?”) would eventually end up on was one [...]

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Frankie Eris Crafts Subdued, Soulful Alternative On killher

While we get a fair share of new music throughout the year (Okay, a LOT of new music throughout the year) there’s only a small amount that we’d honestly label as a “must hear” or in rarer cases “a diamond in the rough” because in today’s climate it’s really hard [...]

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WARFIELD Goes Full Post-Punk For Glorious Modern Goth Soundtrack Across Deathrock Devotionals

As OG She Wants Revenge fans (Read: since the songs/EP before the debut LP and venturing to TT The Bear’s for their first MA visit just for a support slot set) we have been highly skeptical of what’s come in the lead up to vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Justin Warfield’s Deathrock Devotionals full-length. [...]

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TiCKLES Master An Odd Amalgamation Of Noise That Works Really, REALLY Well Across Sugar & Plastic Plates

The intense spoken word-esque delivery that IDLES and TV Priest both have mastered alongside their combined penchant for quirkiness with the fierceness of Ohms once they ramp up, TiCKLES is an odd amalgamation of noise for sure but one that works incredibly well as we’re sure you’ll attest to once [...]

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Rat City Rockers Gets To The Nitty Gritty, Hones In On Casket Rats’ Raucous Rawk Core

One of the best things about this “job” (Because is it really a job if you love what you do???) is when we come across a band in the wild, become a fan, then find out they fall under the umbrella of some cool PR people we’re already friendly with [...]

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