Monthly Archives: February 2012
A Victim of Society – God Is Not a Pro
A Victim of Society pick up where surf music left off (namely sunny beaches filled with tan-lined blondes), venturing into the sort of surf one imagines washes up on the Jersey shoreline: something dank, possibly carcinogenic and made entirely of … Continue reading
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Jesse Ruins – Dream Analysis
Jesse Ruins makes pop with a black hole in its heart. It only takes three minutes to breeze through but the impact lasts far longer. Not disposable by a long shot. Airy vocals offset the darker tones pumped out by … Continue reading
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Double Dagger – Pillow Talk
Hormonal, angular rock with a lowercase “r.” No arena-ready chord packages here. just straightforward, speedy, guitar-driven (but wait! not an actual Guitar! a badass bass player is making all that noise!) post-altrock. Pillow Talk is what happens when the brain … Continue reading
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Dinowalrus – Actually
Dinowalrus has refined its spacier tendencies into a very close approximation of Spiritualized at full strength. Plenty of tasteful organ usage and a slow build to eventual release. Deals majestically with someone using someone else’s drugs, which may also be … Continue reading
Gesaffelstein: Dancefloor Brutalist
Maybe I’ve been looking in the wrong places, but it’s tough as hell to find pure, unapologetic club music. I mean the kind that hasn’t been watered down into 4-minute radio friendly unit shifters or defanged by a slew of … Continue reading
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Sonic Collision Mk. 1 (Featuring Smash)
Smash – Sanctuary’s Over (The Doors vs. the Cult).mp3 Ian Astbury of the Cult always wanted to be Jim Morrison. The nonsensical poetic ramblings. The appropriation of Native American imagery and knick knacks. The impossibly tight leather trousers. Smash (who … Continue reading
Royal Baths – After Death
It’s easy to say calming things like “They’re in a better place now,” or “At least their suffering is over,” when you’re still in the land of the living. We can say these things because the afterlife is the cat … Continue reading
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Wise Blood – Penthouse Suites
Wise Blood – Penthouse Suites.mp3 Fame and fortune. Artists strive for it and then find out that once they have it, they don’t want it anymore. As Kurt Cobain said in Stay Away, “I’d rather be dead than cool.” Then … Continue reading
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nick nicely Two-Pack: Expectedly Pleasant
Two from nicely (voted Most Likely To Be Pre-Judged Based on His Last Name):*: *NOT HIS REAL LAST NAME. You may have been tipped off by the lack of initial caps or perhaps the fact that an alliterative name is … Continue reading
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Why the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Upcoming Tour Doesn’t Matter and Six Current Bands That Are a Better ‘Chain’ Than the JAMC Themselves
For no apparent reason, the Jesus and Mary Chain have announced their first tour dates since their reunion in 2007. Actually, there are a couple of apparent reasons: 1. $$$ 2. Recent re-issue of their entire back catalog. For fans … Continue reading →
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