Album Reviews

Major Moment Deliver Earnest Synth-Fueled Hard Pop On The Pain That Makes Us Grow

We first got turned onto Major Moment when researching the ill-fated Capulet Fest (Which just passed its’ 1-year non-iversary! Read more here) and, unfortunately, lots of our pre-coverage fell by the wayside. Major Moment was not one of the artists affected by that (Read our initial MM thoughts here) but [...]

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The Far Out Curate A Fantastic Funk Rawk/Soul Pop Hybrid On Greetings from The Far Out

Bear with us on this train of thought, okay? It’s a pretty masterful thing when an artist unleashes such a killer lead single and then it (almost) ends up being steamrolled by what the rest of the album it’s apart of holds. Okay, well, maybe not steamrolled but maybe a [...]

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Salem Supahgroup TENSION SCALE Delve Into Suburban Paranoia With The ‘Burbs-inspired debut It’s Not Them

Let it be known that we LOVE the exquisite cinematic experience that is Joe Dante’s The ‘Burbs. Let it also be know that if you’re a new artist (Well, newish in this case, but we’ll get to that…) and you’re bursting onto the scene with The ‘Burbs as your backdrop/aesthetic/inspiration [...]

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16VOLT Return To Remind Y’all How To Do Industrial/Electro Proper On More Of Less

16Volt is a unique animal. Where the Industrial/Electro crowd is generally known for staying on the cutting edge of sounds within genres, 16Volt tend to dwell in this kind of shadow zone outside of the norm where their music is inherently timeless. Meaning, unlike many of their peers with dated [...]

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Black Magnet Hit That Early ’90’s Industrial Sweet Spot With Vibrantly Vicious Megamantra

The way we see it, 2025 has produced some of the best Electro/Industrial music to date. You have Pixel Grip and Replicant on one end of the spectrum offering unique, stellar takes in the Darkwave/Electro genres while on the other you’ve got the return of legends like 16VOLT (Their first [...]

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Wrought Iron Hex Wreak Noisy Havoc With New Batch Of Raucous Rawk On Hexes & Halos

There’s nothing quite like tuning into some new Wrought Iron Hex and being treated to the best the NYC Heavy Music scene had to offer in the ’90’s (Girls Against Boys, Unsane, Prong) but “Boston-ized” (Totally a word). Add in some early Clutch in there (The intro to “Disco Creep” [...]

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