Shoegaze and alt-country, plus guitar jangle, stoner rock thud and wail, and assorted tinkerings. Some good tunes, clear production, a real find for some.
Double-bass thunder, flutter-picking mixed with arctic thrash, with anthemic Nordic roar, snakespit, and blackened yowl slathered generously atop this cake.
I haven’t liked a new hardcore band in years, but I like this one. They’re from Maine. Singer (and label owner) Ryan O’Connor has a great, distinctive voice.
Modena is a new, young band from Raleigh, NC, not a genius, tragically-addicted band from Seattle in 1990 that created the style, like Alice in Chains.
From Baltimore, very DC post-punk, angular guitar and turn-on-a-dime drumming, and vocals that don’t yelp or scream, but sound like they might at any moment.
This is the kinda stuff that’s either stupid and fun, or really, really, really bad. I Love Rich are from Chicago, love Kiss, and can ape the style well.
Some hardcore doesn’t age well, this did. From Cleveland, pre-metal inbreeding, guitar played hard and fast, and a singer offering lots of “aaaaaahhhhhhhs!”