Music
Review: Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Right from the beginning of Random Access Memories, the tone is set through the first track, “Give Life Back to Music.” … read more
Review: Big Deal – June Gloom
Though it opens on a gloomy note (which had me worried I was reviewing another downtrodden shoegaze album) with “Golden Light,” the album quickly morphs into cutesy upbeat dream pop that borders on twee. … read more
Review: Bass Drum Of Death – Self Titled
When a single overridden guitar chord introduces the 10-second snare-drum-roll opening “I Wanna Be Forgotten” (the first track), the endless 15-second snare-intro of Cheap Time’s “Living In The Past” comes to mind. … read more
Review: Autopsy – The Headless Ritual
Did you think San Francisco death metal crew Autopsy’s comeback album, Macabre Eternal, was hot tits? Well, this new festering, putrid bag of pus-ridden tunes makes Macabre Eternal seem lackluster … read more
Review: Yard of Blondes – Murderology
“This is a love song from my heart to the grave,” is a quote from “Murderology” (the first track) that estimates the theme of this album in one assertion—Yard of Blondes are infatuated with death. … read more
Review: Woodrowgerber – In The Beginning
Woodrowgerber (aka Chad Gerber) is an acquaintance you want to like—he’s sometimes charming, and occasionally has interesting things to say, but for whatever reason, you hate him. … read more
Review: Witches Of God – Blood Of Others
Lord, just try to write about one of these bands without a Sab comparison. You can’t! … read more
Review: White Fence – Cyclops Recap
Lou Reed and his bunch made noise-rock famous in the late ’60s with their first album. Their second release, Loaded, was full of sunny melodies, excluding the raucous white noise. The man behind White Fence, Tim Presley, has created an album that plays like a fusion of the aforementioned albums, with a little “Crimson and Clover” and a hint of Western. … read more
Review: Vermouth – RetroFuture Pop Exotica
The cover of this album is a good hint as to what to expect from this album: Justine Kragen sits on a barstool dressed in all black with fishnet tights, as Steve McDonald stands behind a tiki-bar with a tiki-torch and tiki-lights, toucans, maracas, while an overabundance of the color maroon surrounds them. … read more
Review: Various Artists – Sticks Over My Shoulder
In the late 70s, documentary maker George Mitchell traveled the back roads of Georgia searching out the remaining bluesmen who could still play … read more