Pyramids’ self titled release is music, technically.
Review: Russian Circles- Station
Making the decision to exclude vocals from your music is adding an additional hurdle for you to overcome in any genre.
Doing so in Metal is practically begging to reside in music’s underground for eternity. It’s hard enough for Metal bands to get any kind of exposure. Now tell promoters that you’re a Metal [...]
Review: Atmosphere- When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Atmosphere’s Godlovesugly is one of my favorite hip-hop albums ever. That album, among a few others, got me through some very trying times when my wife and I moved from the homes of our youth in Nebraska to the paradise of California. Needless to say, it got its share of spins and defined, for me, [...]
Review: Mindless Self Indulgence- If
The one thing I’ve always loved about punk, as a scene, is the ability for everyone within it to completely let go of conformity. Say whatever other complaints about the genre you may have (and I have plenty), you’ve got to hand it to all those involved for being so god damn against the grain. [...]
Review: Mike Patton- A Perfect Place
Mike Patton brings his compositional ingenuity to crime noir.
Review: Torche- Meanderthal
For me, it was the Butthole Surfers and Nirvana. For your kids, it should be Torche.
Review: Tapes ‘N’ Tapes – Walk It Off
Tapes ‘N’ Tapes came out swinging with their 2005 debut album The Loon, which was a big, loud stage div entry into a genre that seems to value the avant garde over traditional song craft. It’s sad to see the band embrace the idyllic excesses of the set with their latest album Walk it Off.
Review: In Flames – A Sense of Purpose
Where Meshuggah’s latest album, Obzen, is a tangible manifestation of the virtues of Metal today, In Flames’ A Sense of Purpose (now streaming in its complete form on their myspace page), is a tired lake-bed dredging of what has become the genre’s most mediocre cliches. The Swedish quintet seems to be a band in complacency; [...]
Review: The Sword- Gods of the Earth
The Sword have decided that all you vintage metal bands out there who are playin’ around, rippin’ off old Dio licks, are a bunch of Nancies and it’s up to them to bring some dignity back to the old guard. Read our review of their latest album Gods of the Earth here.
Review: The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
Jack White and Brenden Benson’s part-time band, The Raconteurs, gives rock and roll a swift kick in the ass with Consolers of the Lonely, and proves that there really is good music left to hear. Your iPod is not surprised. Audiobomb is. Hit the jump for the full review.
