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Subtitled ‘Movements In The US Indie Music Underground’ Late Century Dream takes an authoritative snapshot of six relevant US enclaves and talks with those that developed them about the emerging underground musical scenes over the 80’s and 90’s. Although this… Continue Reading →
I’d never heard of grind hardcore n roll before. This is the genre attributed to Anorak, who have been around since 2005. I suppose what they’re saying is that there’s a fusion of styles. What I detected to start with… Continue Reading →
I once saw a review for some terrible computer game in which the writer observed that “On the way home, I briefly considered driving my car off a cliff so I wouldn’t have to play it any more”. I only… Continue Reading →
Yes as far as germs are concerned this is probably the only one that is welcome as I am sitting coughing and spluttering away as I write this. Not that it is any less virulent when it comes to invading… Continue Reading →
I had bought two Red Fang albums, the eponymous ‘Red Fang’ and ‘Murder the Mountains’ based on the personal recommendation of a very occasional drinking companion Ben Ward (hear that clanging noise folks? It’s a massive name drop!), and whilst… Continue Reading →
Bristol in the UK is the base for these fuzzed out stoner doom instrumentalists, this is their third release and totally instrumental. Hence, with this in mind, I first spun this disc laid out on the floor with a nice… Continue Reading →
Everything points to a desolate and devastating black metal experience: a grey/black sleeve, a face-painted and anguished-looking individual called Nahash who provides all the instrumental and vocal input, images of suffering. The lyrics are equally devastating: “I feel the coldness… Continue Reading →
Go into any bar full of musos and a not uncommon debate is about the influences of certain substances on certain musicians and their albums. Is the album fast and paranoid? Cocaine. Angry as fuck? Amphetamine. Fuzzed out stoner rock?… Continue Reading →
It has been a long time since we had any new material from Welsh band Tor Marrock but then again they have always been somewhat elusive, doing things at their own pace and then popping up and surprising with some… Continue Reading →
Beast are a high energy rock n roll band from Sweden, some call this speed punk and some call it all manner of things! ‘Dead or Alive’ is their debut album release that is presented in a real nice digi… Continue Reading →
The thing about droning ambiance is that it plays in the mind of the listener, at least those who want to listen. It helps if the composer fuels the imagination, and Finland’s Kenneth K manages to do this with this… Continue Reading →
These sparkly post-gazers first caught my attention just over a year ago with their debut mini album Sin4tr4 on Golden Morning Sounds. Now with Immortal Frost Productions they have expanded upon their lush and sometimes fragile soundscapes to bring out… Continue Reading →