This four-song EP is much what you’d expect from the title. On closer, “Battle of Evermore,” the verses are open, Mina hits all the notes, and it’s haunting.
Part dark punk, part rock, there are Pennywise melodies and tuff group shouts, there’s clean, Bill Stevenson production, and that creepy girl on the cover.
As much Death Cab For Cutie as alt rock, Youth Group play emotively lush, atmospheric pop with occasional explosive guitar and plenty of higher-note plucking.
Returns speed and scum to Turbonegro’s arsenal, retaining the early years’ hunger with the post-reunion fondness for stadium rock. Best secret song EVER.
Juan Maclean was the guitarist for Six Finger Satellite. Less Than Human is produced by James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy, aka DFA, underground dance legends. A couple tracks feature vocals by Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem. By all accounts, it should be one monster of an album. So what happened?
Shit-hot rocker-garage cum kick-ass mixed with dynamism collected from hot pennies handled by The Sonics, The Up, The Makers, and many other “The” bands.
Debut full-length by a Tampa, Florida band that, quite amusingly, play melodic Swedish death metal. Very expertly, I might add. No clean vocals for these guys.
Sexy female vocals, chugging, monster guitars, the heavy version of the stuff that gets watered down for TV show themes and action movies with kick-ass chicks.