ALBUM REVIEW: ‘DEADBEAT GRAFFITI’ BY BLACK PISTOL FIRE
If you have yet to hear of the Canadian duo Black Pistol Fire, that’s not likely to last long. Guitarist/vocalist Kevin McKeown and drummer…
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FRANKIE POULLAIN ON WHAT FUELS THE DARKNESS: ‘WE SEE THE PAST AS AN ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND’
The Darkness are one of those intoxicating rock bands that constantly make you wonder what it’s like to be up there on stage, shredding…
THROUGH BEING COOL: LCD SOUNDSYTEM’S AMERICAN DREAM
Part of the responsibility of being a fan of LCD Soundsystem is having some dialogue with coolness. Whether Murphy & Co. accepted the mantle…
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘SHILPA RAY STARS AS DOOR GIRL’ BY SHILPA RAY
The idea of what an album cover could and should be has undergone countless revisions since the pre rock and roll days of perfectly…
EP PREMIERE: ‘THE BRIGHT LIFE’ BY THE BREAK LIGHTS
At 6 songs, The Bright Life by The Break Lights, is nearly a full LP and is an incredible offering full with alt-rock goodness along with unique and inspiring…
ALBUM REVIEW – ‘SLEEP WELL BEAST’ BY THE NATIONAL
By 1967, music pretty much sounded the way music was going to sound. Before then, music had slowly but surely transformed from a thing…
KING GIZZARD’S SURPRISE ALBUM ‘SKETCHES OF BRUNSWICK EAST’ IS A HYPNOTIC COLLAB WITH MILD HIGH CLUB
It takes guts to put out an entire new album by surprise, just two months after your last one – and six months after…
ALBUM REVIEW: GOODNIGHT RHONDA LEE BY NICOLE ATKINS
As unique to ones individuality as a fingerprint, the precise phrasing and tone of our speech is a singular characteristic that isn’t meant to…
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD UNVEIL BEASTLY 10TH ALBUM ‘MURDER OF THE UNIVERSE’
The experience of getting a new King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard record in the mail is a sensory treat in and of itself. The square, solid weight…
ALBUM PREMIERE: ‘INTERNATIONAL GENETICS’ BY YOU BRED RAPTORS?
There’s so much talk in the world right now – so many people yelling words at each other on screens – that when you…