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The Atlas Moth – The Old Believer

Oct 19, 2014By Jon

My first experience with The Atlas Moth was last September at Lee’s Palace. They were the opening act and put their melodic sludge metal on display. While I felt their set was a bit on the long side, as theRead more…

Oct 19, 2014Jon

Guilty Simpson – The Simpson Tape

Oct 18, 2014By Craig

Unlike most “mixtapes” these days, The Simpson Tape is an actual tape released for Stones Throw’s “cassette store day” popup. It features 5 tracks produced by Oh No b/w the instrumentals. It is also available as a download. Although itRead more…

Oct 18, 2014Craig

Moist – Glory Under Blackened Skies

Oct 15, 2014By Jon

As far as 90’s revivals go, Moist has to be one of the most unlikely. Three albums with EMI (the excellent “Silver” and “Creature” and the not-quite-so-good “Mercedes Five and Dime”) capped by a compilation of singles and rare tracksRead more…

Oct 15, 2014Jon

Diverse – One AM

Oct 14, 2014By Craig

Released in 2003 One AM is fire from beginning to end. With production from RJD2, Prefuse 73 and Madlib and guest raps from Lyrics Born, Jean Grae and Mos Def it’s a very impressive debut. Unfortunately the follow up albumRead more…

Oct 14, 2014Craig

Electric Wizard – Time To Die

Oct 12, 2014By Jon

Just in time for Halloween, doom metal kings Electric Wizard have unleashed another album. As with any of their records, it’s pretty much a given that it’ll contain huge, sludgy, Sabbathian riffs baked over slow and thunderous dirges lasting tenRead more…

Oct 12, 2014Jon

J-Live – Around The Sun

Oct 11, 2014By Craig

J-Live is a rapper that I always enjoy listening to. His style has very little fanfare. In the case of Around The Sun the album cover is simply a photo of his face. It was released in April this yearRead more…

Oct 11, 2014Craig

Buck 65 – Neverlove

Oct 8, 2014By Craig

Neverlove is Buck 65’s much touted divorce album. I talked briefly about Neverlove on my last post where I talked about the other release Buck release on the same day titled Laundromat Boogie. Compared to Laundromat Boogie there is aRead more…

Oct 8, 2014Craig

Joyce Manor – Never Hungover Again

Oct 7, 2014By Mike Quan

For their third album, the quartet from Torrance, California have progressed without the sacrifice of the charm that made them so endearing in the first place. 10 quick blasts of punchy, hooky melodic punk that induces loud sing-a-longs and raucous pogoing,Read more…

Oct 7, 2014Mike Quan

Abandoned Pools – Somnambulist

Oct 5, 2014By Jon

Abandoned Pools is the project of Tommy Walter, either best known as the former bassist of Eels (circa 1996-1997) or the guy who wrote the theme songs for Clone High. Walter has bounced around over the past fifteen years orRead more…

Oct 5, 2014Jon

No Joy – Wait To Pleasure

Oct 4, 2014By Jon

The shoegaze revival thing can feel really played out at times. There seems to be no shortage of bands willing to adopt the pattern of layering waves of distortion over barely decipherable vocals oohing and aahing. It can be hardRead more…

Oct 4, 2014Jon
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