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MICROTIA – Spacemaker
reviewed by Ian Jones

MICROTIA – Spacemaker

Microtia is a strange ear disfigurement that happens at birth, and the band holds up to their name in more ways than one. Spacemaker was [...]

EGGHEAD – Would Like a Few Words With You
reviewed by Mr. Z

EGGHEAD – Would Like a Few Words With You

What if Boris the Sprinkler grew up in a different dimension, grew up on the East Coast, took a chill pill, and recorded an album [...]

FOALS – Total Life Forever
reviewed by Sophia Dorval

FOALS – Total Life Forever

The British band Foals’ debut record Antidotes was called a “special album,” so it’s no surprise that this second release surely follows suit.  Like Local [...]

SCARLET GREY – Fancy Blood
reviewed by Mason Souza

SCARLET GREY – Fancy Blood

I admit that after reading about Fancy Blood and its guest stars Davey Havok and Jade Pudget of AFI, I had already formed an idea [...]

BLACK SHEEP – From The Black Pool of Genius
reviewed by Ryan Moore

BLACK SHEEP – From The Black Pool of Genius

While most rappers boast about their cars, jewels, and untouchable status, most will accomplish less in their entire careers than Dres and Mista Lawnge did [...]

TOBACCO – Maniac Meat
reviewed by Hanna Rose

TOBACCO – Maniac Meat

Like the static in between radio stations, a person’s initial reaction to the disorganized, fuzzy, throbbing noise is often irritation and annoyance. Occasionally, the whisper [...]

PERFUME GENIUS – Learning
reviewed by Mason Souza

PERFUME GENIUS – Learning

Mike Hadreas makes a whole lot out of a little as Perfume Genius. On his debut album Learning, he answers, possibly unintentionally, the question: “What [...]

DEW-SCENTED – Invocation
reviewed by Paul J. Comeau

DEW-SCENTED – Invocation

Dew-Scented play tight and technical thrash metal with a healthy mix of guitar wankery-laden leads, pounding blast beats, and heavy breakdowns that all serve to [...]

V/A – WARPED TOUR 2010 TOUR COMPILATION
reviewed by Chris Aitkens

V/A – WARPED TOUR 2010 TOUR COMPILATION

I’m having a big dilemma here. A lot of people would agree with me when I say that the Vans Warped Tour has lost its [...]

MAD SIN – Burn and Rise
reviewed by Chris Aitkens

MAD SIN – Burn and Rise

There’s not a lot I can say about this album other than that it pretty much sets a new bar for psychobilly and horrorbilly genre. [...]

GROWING – Pumps
reviewed by Sean Tatol

GROWING – Pumps

Listening to this album, it occurs to me that I don’t grasp what the intended setting for the music is. It spans the electronic music [...]

THE ADICTS – Life Goes On
reviewed by Matt Edmund

THE ADICTS – Life Goes On

After 35 years of being a staple of the English punk rock scene, The Adicts are still tearing it up. Amazingly featuring all original members, [...]

BATHS – Cerulean
reviewed by Mason Souza

BATHS – Cerulean

Cerulean is the bold first effort of Baths, aka Will Wiesenfeld. At just 21 years old, Wisenfeld has crafted a deep full length album, throwing [...]

BLACK TUSK – Taste the Sin
reviewed by Paul J. Comeau

BLACK TUSK – Taste the Sin

I tried hard to like this Savannah, Georgia-based three piece, giving them far more listens than most bands that I normally don’t like, because of [...]

THE CASTING OUT – S/T
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

THE CASTING OUT – S/T

The Casting Out takes some of the remnants of Boy Sets Fire and creates the same post-hardcore you’ve heard since post-hardcore started. The sound is [...]