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DARSTAR – Tiny Darkness
reviewed by Dan Chapman

DARSTAR – Tiny Darkness

If Darstar can go full force in the direction of “Space Blanket” and “Quantum Psychics” there will be plenty of sweet music to come. The [...]

JUCIFER – Nadir
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

JUCIFER – Nadir

Long before it was fashionable for guitar- and drum-driven rock duos to kick out the jams in a stripped-down way, Athens, Georgia’s Jucifer were perfecting [...]

MANNEQUIN MEN – S/T
reviewed by Dan Chapman

MANNEQUIN MEN – S/T

Mannequin Men come highly recommended to those with a penchant for garage rock, especially those who like their rock in garages filled with rusty two-seat [...]

THE DEVIL’S BLOOD – The Thousandfold Epicentre
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

THE DEVIL’S BLOOD – The Thousandfold Epicentre

First and foremost, there is that voice. It is seductive, sensual, and dusky. It is a siren’s call that leads you further down a path [...]

RACEBANNON – Six Sik Sisters
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

RACEBANNON – Six Sik Sisters

These Midwestern weirdos have a real knack for crafting some of the most out-there noise-core imaginable. Whether it’s teaming up with the “God of Noise” [...]

JOKER – The Vision
reviewed by Vanessa Bennett

JOKER – The Vision

After years of build-up, Joker’s album The Vision is finally here. The Bristol-based producer is  a child of the post-dubstep world, and it shows. Through [...]

THE DEAR & DEPARTED – Every Waking Moment
reviewed by Cheyenne Carter

THE DEAR & DEPARTED – Every Waking Moment

Every Waking Moment from Los Angeles’s The Dear & Departed consists of 11 songs that made me instantly fall in love with the band. I’ve listened to the album [...]

EARLY & OFTEN – Present No Fiction, Fear No Tense
reviewed by Patrick Hosken

EARLY & OFTEN – Present No Fiction, Fear No Tense

Sacramento’s Early & Often can be summed up as a marriage of jagged industrial hiss and spacious guitar-driven post-rock. But don’t let the simplification underwhelm [...]

COLISEUM – Parasites
reviewed by Josh Diamond

COLISEUM – Parasites

The EP Parasites from Coliseum is a companion piece to 2010′s House With A Curse LP.  Much of the EP consists of leftover tracks from that [...]

LADDER DEVILS – Forget English
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

LADDER DEVILS – Forget English

The music contained on this debut EP hearkens back to a time when shambolic rock met with loud noisy riffs and offbeat time signatures to [...]

MIKE PARK – Smile
reviewed by Shahab Zargari

MIKE PARK – Smile

Fact: Mike Park has two kids, born in 2006 and 2008. I have two kids, born in 2004 and 2007. Fact: Mike Park was the [...]

BLACK BANANAS – Rad Times Xpress IV
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

BLACK BANANAS – Rad Times Xpress IV

When judging a piece of music by Jennifer Herrema, you must abandon all concepts of irony and just go with the flow. You just have [...]

TOXIC HOLOCAUST – Conjure and Command
reviewed by Josh Diamond

TOXIC HOLOCAUST – Conjure and Command

Toxic Holocaust plays a sort of thrash metal that was at the peak of its popularity in the mid- to late ’80s.  Thrash metal took [...]

ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD – Knife Man
reviewed by Mark Huddle

ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD – Knife Man

Is it me or does it just seem like each new Andrew Jackson Jihad release is becoming something of an event? Certainly their most recent [...]

DEAD TO ME – Moscow Penny Ante
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

DEAD TO ME – Moscow Penny Ante

I may be losing the plot with punk rock. I remember a time when punk rock stood for more than three-chord progressions, up-tempo love songs, [...]