When listening through “Strings”, the latest single from MA native Michelle Forziati, a lot of generic taglines popped into out head with some of the better ones manifesting as such: “Can an artist be more catchier?” (Obviously read in a Chandler Bing-style inflection), “No sophomore slump with this second single!” [...]
Everyone has their own “Intro to Steve Albini” story, right? We’re of that half that got into Shellac before even realizing what Albini had been responsible for behind the boards when we were introduced to 1000 Hurts during our Retail Warrior daze in the early ’00’s. Among the many, many, [...]
The best concept albums are the ones that can be picked apart and separated yet still enjoyed outside of the main event. Some bands manage to pull that off, others don’t (We once saw Mastodon 3 times in the same year performing Crack The Skye all the way through and, [...]
Üga Büga’s got something. We can’t quite put our finger on it but it’s there. And in this case, that “there” can be pinpointed directly to the Charlotesville, VA’s debut full-length called Year Of The Hog which is just about ready for all to hear (In fact, we’d gather by [...]
You know when Clutch went full on jam band? We’re not talking Phish or Grateful Dead but more just embracing the Rawk, experimenting and doing whatever it takes sonically to make it happen which, in their case, meant completely shedding that metallic crunch of their first two records (The self-titled [...]
Sure, we may exhibit a tough, Metalhead exterior sometimes (Not really) but at our core it’s Industrial and Electro that really drive us and over the past decade or more it’s been offshoot genre Darkwave that really gives us all the heart eyes especially when you consider outings by Corlyx, [...]
