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Reviews of new music, video, concerts and music festivals.
CHASTITY BELT: Making The Most of Seattle’s DIY Community & Leading Rock’s Feminist Charge
CHASTITY BELT Making The Most of Seattle’s DIY Community & Leading Rock’s Feminist Charge ...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: The Cheebacabra – “Retouched”
VINYL OF THE MONTH The Cheebacabra Retouched Seattle, WA (Self-released) “Infectious grooves:...
Record Review: Papercuts
Papercuts Fading Parade San Francisco, CA “The parade is here to stay” Fading Parade, the fourth full-length from San Francisco’s Papercuts, pays tribute to shoegazers of the past and present as it...
Record Review: Obits
Obits Moody, Standard, and Poor Brooklyn, NY “A bold and versatile platter” The premier track “You Gotta Lose” from the band’s self-titled debut, lays out crunchy riffs which course through the...
Record Review: Nicky Egan
Nicky Egan Good People Boston, MA “Seductive blues and soulful tunes ” Nicky Egan and her band know how to provide heaping doses of soulful R&B. Egan’s debut, Good People, is raised on gospel...
Record Review: Mind Spiders
Mind Spiders Mind Spiders Fort Worth, TX “Mixing raw attitudes and funky radiance” Mind Spiders ascends many peaks, and bustles with originality, catchy newness and silky sentimentality. The design...
Record Review: Margin Walker
Margin Walker Departure and Return Boston, MA "A beautiful, rustic, well-crafted bloody nose" Margin Walker announces the maturation and honing of their blistering riffage with a signature raspy...
Record Review: Junk Culture
Junk Culture Summer Friends Oxford, MS “Wait for the summer” Deepak Mantena picked the name of his sample heavy, pop/jungle project honestly: Junk Culture combines a strange mixture of beats and...
Record Review: Julie the Band
Julie the Band Wild As the Sky Venice, CA “Mr. Tambourine Men” It’s hard not to be whisked away into some sort of melodic beach fantasy while listening to Julie the Band’s Wild As the Sky. Their...
Record Review: John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice White Wilderness Gainesville, FL "Matured indie legend becomes an orchestra-driven nightingale." There’s no question White Wilderness is a mature leap forward for Gainesville native...
Record Review: The Head
The Head Stockwood Atlanta, GA “Atlanta’s new power-pop powerhouse” The Head’s latest release, Stockwood, is a terrific triptych that shows there is still altruism and fun in pop music. The record...
Record Review: Gunslinger
Gunslinger Early Volumes 1 Los Angeles, CA “High energy electronic trance flirts with dub without force feeding bass.” With a name like Gunslinger one might think more along the lines of Clint...