It’s no secret that we’ve dug the hell out of what’s come from Wyn & The White Light thus far so it’s probably not a surprise that debut album Luck was pretty high up on our most anticipated list already. Well, it’s almost here for the rest of y’all but we’ve already heard it, reviewed it, and shared what we thought in a recent post that you can read here. To coincide with the release we were, ahem, lucky enough to have the opportunity to chat with the “Wyn” part of Wyn & The White light with Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Wyn Doran agreeing to open up more on the genesis of the band that also features Heidi Tierney on drums and Lucia Jean on bass, sharing some very personal experiences in song, bucket list places and venues to play, and so much more which you can discover when you keep reading:
[Read more…]Singles! The Shang Hi Los, “Op-Operator”
Sometimes we’re not able to get on board the hype train immediately when it leaves the station (Even if we have a ticket!) but also sometimes we’re able to catch the same train when it makes its’ return trip so in the case of The Shang Hi Los, we might’ve missed our initial time to wax poetic on all things “Op-Operator” but with an accompanying video treatment from Joan Hathaway on the, ahem, way it looks like the time once again is now.
[Read more…]Singles! Burton C. Bell, “Anti-Droid”
We’re not going to get into a whole BCB versus Dino thing here because, frankly, it’s been all over the place already so who needs a regurgitation of that drama, right? What we will say is that we’ve never not been excited when the former Fear Factory vocalist has put out something new. Whether it’s collabs with Static X, G/Z/R, and Ministry, Bell’s own projects like City Of Fire and Ascension of the Watchers or hell, Fear Factory’s post-Cazares/pre-reconciliation records Archetype and Transgression (Because there are those out there who don’t consider those FF releases “canon”) there’s just something special that the vocalist brings to the table with each new outing.
[Read more…]VR Sex Pelt Out Some Proper Post-Punk On Profound Hard Copy
Comparing an artists newest record to previous efforts can be, as the kids say, a bit sus. On the one hand, you tend to discount what came before depending on how the new effort fares so the trick is to do so in a way that flatters what preceded. Also, you don’t want to put a nail in the coffin of a band’s burgeoning career. Like, if this is the greatest album ever then they can only go down from there, right??? In other words: Slippery slope! Especially when we say that Hard Copy is the best VR Sex record to date.
[Read more…]PUREST FORM Channel The Dawn Of Industrial On Vibrant And Visceral New EP
We get wary when new bands are compared to old favorites. Especially when Ministry is involved. And that was the case when a recent Revolver piece went up touting that if we liked Ministry and Nailbomb then we should check out PUREST FORM. Most times the FFO recs are shite but in this case we found it to be pretty spot on as long as you clarify which era of Ministry you’re talking about.
[Read more…]Canyons and Locusts Pay Tribute To Justine Covault, Red On Red Records With Fuzzed-Out Fervor Of The Red Angel
Seems like we’ve been talking about Canyons and Locusts new EP forever with the steady roll out of singles that have preceded The Red Angel but the wait is finally over and fans will soon be rewarded with all of their favorites collected in one place along with two previously unheard new jams from the Phoenix/Boston duo of drummer Amy Young and vocalist/guitarist Justin Keane.
[Read more…]Wyn & The White Light Don’t Need Luck, Make Their Own Magic While Conjuring Transcendent, Effervescent Debut
Labeling your debut album as a “34 minute journey through the divine feminine and near death experience” as Wyn & The White Light’s Wyn Doran (Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist) has done is more a mission statement than an expectation. If that quote did fall in that latter half, though, we think it’s safe to say that expectations be damned when talking about Luck as there’s no way to properly anticipate or expect the effect that the debut from Wyn & The White Light will have on fans following a slew of profound sonic stories that started dropping in 2023.
[Read more…]The Only Thing To Expect Is The Unexpected When Midnight Deliver New Rambunctious Rawk Anthems On Hellish Expectations
When lead “single” “FOAL” (Short for “Fuck Off And Leave”) dropped about a month or so ago we were already, enraptured playing the song over and over and over some more because we couldn’t get enough of the rambunctious Rawk emanating from our speakers. Then the promo for Hellish Expectations arrived with “FOAL” as the album ender and we think that’s about as perfect as you could get with the way the nine tracks that precede it unravel.
[Read more…]Leather Lung Rev Up The Riffage On Gargantuan Graveside Grin
Sure, we might throw the word “Favorite” around a lot here but it’s only because we love music so much… and what’s not to love about the newest full-length from Boston’s Leather Lung?!?! Nothing. That’s the answer you’ll find when you get through the eleven diabolically devilish tracks that make up Graveside Grin.
[Read more…]Singles! HAMMERED SAINT, “Taylor Swift”
There’s no question there’s lots to choose from on Bandcamp on any given day and not just when the fabled “Bandcamp Friday” hits once a month. Part of our job as we see it is to highlight the artists that we think are deserving of your time, money, and obviously ears especially on a platform so ripe with content. Like Charlestown’s HAMMERED SAINT who has quite the burgeoning BC catalog along with a new song ready to release during the March 2024 edition of #BandcampFriday.
On “Taylor Swift” the Salem foursome fire it up for a slick minute and a half of rabble rousin’ Punk Rawk with vocalist Emily Doran channeling Wendy O. Williams, guitarist Curt Florczak flaring up the VIBES on those fiery frets, drummer Mark Enet relentlessly releasing a percussive fury, and bassist Andy Excuse bringing the rad rumbles. And yes, you read that right. The perils of “Taylor Swift” are over and out in barely a minute and a half so fans willing to take the chance get all killer and no filler because that’s just the way that HAMMERED SAINT do.
“Taylor Swift” is out now. You can grab your copy now by heading here (Or by clicking the embed below) and then head here for the rest of what HAMMERED SAINT has to offer across the interwebs