It’s hard to describe VANIISH to someone who hasn’t heard them before. If She Wants Revenge went the way they should have, if I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness actually recorded a follow up to their stunning debut, if The Soft Moon were a tad less mechanical, If Bauhaus [...]
On Luck, Tom Vek’s third long player, the London-based artist manages to effortlessly connect the dots between all of his projects and previous albums to make an album that’s both cohesive and progressive. Maybe it’s to be expected on a Tom Vek LP, but first track “How Am I Meant [...]
Anything Deathwish Inc or GodCity/Kurt Ballou related immediately piques my interest. Unfortunately, the fact that this one slipped through the cracks and I found out about Beastmilk through a Pantera anniversary issue of Revolver is entirely on me. Yep, the name is gonna throw you: What kind of music is [...]
Apparently Bob Mould wasn’t done with guitar rock after the 2011 “See A Little Light” concert retrospective event inspired 2012’s brilliant Silver Age. If anything, the just released Beauty & Ruin is even more visceral and potent than its predecessor really harnessing the power of the Du at points. It’s [...]
A while back I used to write for another site and did an annual column/dig on AP’s yearly “100 Bands You Need To Know In ____” issue (Mine was entitled “I Read AP’s 100 Bands You Need To Know in ___ So You Don’t Have To”. Clever, right?) Sometimes there [...]
Like a mixture of cEvin Key’s Download project, The Prodigy, and Massive Attack infused with Front Line Assembly’s immense soundscape, Los Angeles’ Slighter take everything that’s great about electronic music in 2014 to another level on their latest. Drum ‘n’ bass is alive and well in 2014 as almost opener [...]
