Album Reviews

Electric Six Unleash Another Bombastic Beast On Magical Yet Mature Turquoise

We hate to label anything Electric Six does as “mature” but, um, Turquoise kinda is??? We’re sorry! But also not because regardless, it still sounds like Electric Six. And on this latest, their first in almost 5 years, the Detroit outfit deliver an energetic, eclectic, and electrifying new album that [...]

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Kill Devil Hill Return Revamped And Revived On Stellar Seas Of Oblivion

It takes a lot for a band to come back and still be just as vital/potent after almost 10 years of recorded dormancy. And it takes a WHOLE lot more when half the foundation of your band splits and you still manage to come back like Kill Devil Hill has [...]

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Alanis, Alternative Classics, And More Fuel The Animal Instincts That Dwell In The Official Soundtrack Of Yellowjackets Season 2

You don’t need to watch Showtime’s hit Thriller Yellowjackets to enjoy the (mostly) ’90’s mixtape that serves as the soundtrack for Season 2… but it sure does help! For a casual music fan you get choice cuts from The Cranberries, Live, Veruca Salt, Garbage, 4 Non Blondes and Pulp to [...]

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DOMKRAFT Add To Their Gargantuan Sonic Landscape With Sonic Moons

DOMKRAFT’s follow-up to 2021’s Seeds, Sonic Moons, is meteoric, majestic, and mesmerizing and marks another seismic shift in the gargantuan aural landscape the Nordic trio constantly work to refine.

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Taproot Revel In The Nu, Deliver Monstrous Comeback Full-Length With SC\SSRS

Can it really be called a “throwback” if the sound you’re tapping into is one that you originated??? Listening through Taproot’s newest record, their 7th overall and first in over 10 years, is like experiencing the Ann Arbor, Michigan’s first three albums collectively for the first time again. It’s gargantuan, [...]

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Ashnikko Brings A Bite-Sized Bombast To Ferocious Debut WEEDKILLER

We don’t know how we came across Ashnikko in the first place but we knew the first time we caught the video for “You Make Me Sick!” we were mesmerized. If you were to take Poppy’s hybrid blend of Pop and heaviness with a Lady Sovereign-style snarl and flow encompassed [...]

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