Hang out in Portland, Oregon long enough and the scene it exudes just soaks into your being. I’ve been there twice and while the breweries and clubs are the main draw, it’s the creativity of the scene that truly reels you in.
Space rock has some new kings in the form of Brooklyn’s Tiergarten whose brand of shoegaze and wistful rawk will instantly mesmerize the masses. On Magnificent Desolation, they manage to perfectly marry the best parts of Hum and Failure into a cohesive glob of sonic ecstasy.
Oh hey, Phil Anselmo! You dudes and dudettes ready for an aural clobbering of the highest caliber? Forget Pantera, forget Superjoint, and forget Anselmo’s solo album. This here, Scour, is the REAL deal.
Flaw has always been a bit of an anomaly in the metal scene. Emerging at the tail end of the nu-metal era with bands like Ultraspank, Skrape, and Nothingface who all added even more groove to separate them from the herd, Flaw shined with chugging riffs and a vocalist whose [...]
What if you threw The Soft Moon, Joy Division, and Godflesh in a blender and set it to “liquefy”? The results might sound a little like All Your Sisters whose brand of synthetic goth rawk shines on their new full-length, Uncomfortable Skin.
2016 is turning out to be a great year for the riffage. So far both Miss Lava and Gozu (To name a few standouts) have released albums schooling the kids on how to rawk properly. Not to be outdone by their peers, It’s Not Night: It’s Space’s latest is equally [...]
