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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 →
At 7 there was already a queue around the corner from the entrance and into the rain, for those already with tickets, and another much shorter queue for those collecting or buying tickets. Little did I realise that molasses on… 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 →
Part 2 Sunday 6 October Sunday came, and the first band to perform was Malicious Dream from the host country. Every year the organisers pull impressive local bands out of the bag. This, unfortunately, wasn’t one of them. The music… Continue Reading →
30 years a very long time to wait for a band’s debut, even one from a band whose underground status amongst the death metal elite is unparalleled. Indeed fans of the Chilean Pentagram at that time in the 80s and… Continue Reading →
Part 1 Friday and Saturday ProgPower Europe has been part of my calendar since 2005. I’ve always looked forward to my annual pilgrimage to this top quality event. In the main, this year’s list of bands left me a bit… 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 →