Children of Bodom – Halo of Blood – Review June 28, 2013 Hard-hitting, with a sense of melody and coarseness, this is the greatness we’ve come to expect from Children of Bodom.
Mudhoney – Vanishing Point – Review June 28, 2013 Mudhoney have always been barbed, pissy, raw yet melodic, and raging against inclusion in the Seattle Boys Club of the early ’90s.
Mudhoney – I Like it Small – Music Stream June 28, 2013 At 50, “I Like it Small” comes off as more cantankerous “get off my lawn!” than rebellious “we’re not going to take it!,” but that’s cultural context.
The Tossers – Emerald City – Music Stream June 27, 2013 Fun, energetic, trust-worthy, with tin whistles, fiddles, and hearty sing-a-longs. Emerald City doesn’t disappoint, nor break any new ground.
The Tossers – The Emerald City – Review June 27, 2013 Fun, energetic, trust-worthy, with tin whistles, fiddles, and hearty sing-a-longs. Emerald City doesn’t disappoint, nor break any new ground.
John Wheeler – Walk Between the Raindrops – Music Stream June 27, 2013 Freshly-shaved Hayseed Dixie frontman John Wheeler releases his debut solo outing, offering a couple covers and 10 originals.
John Wheeler – Un-American Gothic – Review June 27, 2013 Freshly-shaved Hayseed Dixie frontman John Wheeler releases his debut solo outing, offering a couple covers and 10 originals.
Rotten Sound – Species at War – Music Stream June 26, 2013 A raw meat EP designed to keep the wolves at bay until their next full-length.
Generationals – Heza – Review June 26, 2013 New Orleans’ school chums Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer hop from Cure-inspired dance (“Boys Don’t Cry,” not the somber sobbers) to Passion Pit falsetto yippies.
Rotten Sound – Species At War – Review June 26, 2013 First-rate grindcore from Finland. Raw meat slab designed to keep the wolves at bay between the band’s 2011 album Cursed and their next full-length.