If there was a single song of Real Beaut’s that you could call a proper “primer” to not only catch up music lovers on what’s come before but also one that previews what’s next then we think it’d most likely be “Paying Attention”. Yeah, that’s our final answer. Because pinning [...]
Vibrant but seething with venom, the latest from Salem, MA duo Phantom Ocean is a bit of a conundrum… in the best way ever! With “Sorry, Dude”, PO go all in addressing feminine rage as drummer/vocalist Sarah Moughan-Smith describes this fiery anthem as “a testament of absolute exhaustion”.
We knew Mission To Sleep had a new one on the horizon, we were hoping that Junius’ impending opus might arrive, and we were aware that Pelican had something brewing. Completing our own personal Mount Rushmore of Post-Rawk/Metal awesome is SOM whose new effort seemingly came out of nowhere (Meaning [...]
Ohhhh, is this going to be one of those reviews where we try to be cheeky and make the opening paragraph all “What we initially thought we were going to start with was this but then we went in this other direction instead…” and try to sneakily sneak in all [...]
It’s been a little bit since Boston’s TELL initially burst onto the scene in a hail of Indie Alterna-Riot Rawk fury but now it’s time for the machine to start up again and we can’t think of a more perfect reintroduction than the soon-to-be-released “Sweet Proximity”. Not so much a [...]
There hasn’t been a straight shredder quite like Aversed to come out of Massachusetts since Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall some 20+ years ago. And to think, we have a local Post-Rawk outfit who sound nothing at all like Aversed to thank for the band even being on our radar [...]
