Music
Local CD Reviews – February 2011
Reviews of new and recent releases from DulceSky, The Fucktards, The Hung Ups, Max Pain & The Groovies, Spell Talk and The Trappers. … read more
Napalm Flesh: To Hell We Go! Hells Headbangers
The US based record label and distro known as Hells Headbangers is quickly becoming a bastion of underground metal. Last year Hells Headbangers released highly lucrative offerings from the mighty Profanatica, Denouncement Pyre, Drunken Bastards and Nocturnal Blood. The label kicked off the new year with four releases last week, three of which are reviewed exclusively here. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Acoustic Madness
Since the term heavy metal was first conceived, it’s always been a subjective genre of music. Purists of the genre will say it has to have a distorted guitar to be metal, but really it’s all in the eyes of the beholder. These four releases all have extremely dark qualities to them, which is something generally associated with metal. Enjoy the extended reviews of these four acoustic releases from Prophecy Productions—they’re all worthy of any music lover’s exploration. … read more
National CD Reviews – January 2011
Reviews of new and recent releases from Agalloch, Fujiya & Miyagi, Graf Orlock, Holy Sons, Killing the Dream, Sodom, Tennis and more. … read more
Local CD Reviews – January 2011
Reviews of new and recent releases from The American Shakes, Bearcats, The CJB, The Direction, Idyll Rigamarole, Illegal Beagle, Mechanical Skies, Philosofist, Replica Mine, Small Town Sinners, Spoken For, Theta Naught, Tupelo Moan, YZE and the Music at Main compilation. … read more
How the Grouch Stole X-mas @ Urban Lounge 12/07
On Dec. 7, Danksquad put it down for a sold out crowd of hip hop heads at Urban Lounge—all eager to see some of hip hop’s living legends and possible future legends. Los Raka’s took the stage first and began their set. These dudes were pretty sick despite a language barrier
Napalm Flesh – Hammering the Hate Down: Label Spotlight
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }This week we have another mostly review based blog, with reviews from Finnish black metal record label, Hammer of Hate Records. Definitely all killer, no filler, no frills or fancy keyboard crap either. Hammer of Hate offers straight forward pure black metal atrocities. Also, is the usual rundown of a slew of local shows going down this week as well as a review of the Elitist, Cough, Subrosa show last week at Burts. Enjoy!
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National CD Reviews – December 2010
Check out the reviews of new albums from bands like Pepper Rabbit and TV Buddhas. … read more
Top 5: Touche Amore/La Dispute
When the Internet shit-talking regarding new bands reaches unprecedented levels, it usually means they’re about to get huge. As part of the weirdly wide-reaching post-hardcore and emo revival of the last few years, Touché Amoré and La Dispute have become the regular targets of many a cro-magnon keyboard attack in recent months, and both seem poised for greatness. … read more
Top 5: Sleigh Bells
Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller make up the raw, loud and addictive Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells, but you should already know that. Chances are you were at their face-punching, sold-out show in October. Have you heard the story of the initial meeting of this pair? It plays out like the Brady Bunch. A chick named Alexis, who was once an elementary teacher, met Derek, a former Poison the Well member, while he was her waiter in a Brooklyn restaurant. … read more