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  • Review: Belafonte Sensacional – Destroy

    Lightning in a bottle. That’s it, the only way to describe the folly of capturing Belafonte Sensacional‘s impossibly energetic live show on tape. It could be a Bible truth if it weren’t for the fact that Destroy, their newest EP, manages to catch their fierce sounds. ‘Convocatoria al destroy’ and ‘Ponte al tiro’ are live staples that…

  • Review: The War on Drugs – A deeper understanding

    Philadelphia‘s bare-brick buildings, harsh holiday heat, and chafed charm made for a sublime if tiring summer holiday. Coming directly from New York, Philadelphia offered brief albeit humid respite to Manhattan’s oppressive, bewildering pace. Whether walking down Walnut Street, following the meandering Delaware river, or ambling through Fishtown, there’s a whimsical world around you bubbling with…

  • Review: Luis Membrillo // Marcos Hassan – Línea / Curva

    Music and Literature. Always a good mix, like a root beer float on a warm, arid day. A plethora of songs have been written about characters, books, and authors. Conversely, several books tap into the music zeitgeist for inspiration, epigraphs, and street cred. Now, a book and an album dovetailed as a single product? That’s…

  • Interview – Sheffield Sgt. Pepper Project

    As most of you know, this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the seminal Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Often hailed as one of the best pop albums ever made (if not the best), the album left both an artistic and technical watermark in the history of music. It also popularised the term “concept…

  • Review: Vast Robot Armies – Dinner Music

    Road 15 was always a good drive in the Camaro. A few rough patches of bad Tarmac, yes, but it was a good drive. The zippiest way from town to Emerald Quays, where the pier shined at night like a frantic kaleidoscope. Those were the days. Us four, the “Four Jays”, as our Phys. Ed.…

  • Review: Acidandali – Plaga

    I (Psicopatía para la justicia) ‘You must be Mr. Laurie. I’m Hugh Sholay, they sent me from Central.’ ‘Ah, yes, did they explain the process?’ ‘Yes, but if you still fancy giving me a tour of the place, please do.’ Mr. Laurie walks me through the old archival site. All the film cans from 1960…

  • Review: Crashtactics – The Hawk is Out

    The good tidings of Summer brings usually the peppier side of music. It’s now, in the festival high tide, where the fresh, upbeat music gets released. Hence us music journos/hacks/brown-nosers/patreon-ed lackeys  abusing the term “summery tune” (or a variation of) for these songs. Although math rock always has a inherent emotional undercurrent, Crashtactics’ The Hawk is…

  • Review: The Life and Times – The Life and Times

    How do you keep fresh after 15 years in a genre that is a niche inside a nook inside a crannie inside a lost geocache in No Man’s Land? Beats me, but The Life and Times are unto something   with their latest release, The Life and Times. It’s a great album that somehow manages to intertwine…

  • Stream: Vast Robot Armies – Cruel Elephant

    We are delighted to have an exclusive stream of ‘Cruel Elephant’, a rocking track from the newest Vast Robot Armies album, Dinner Music.   Here are a few words from Jason Thomson: I have a long standing fear that after each album I will run out of song ideas. So I tend to pressure myself…

  • Review: Actual Wolf – Faded Days

    Ciudad Madero, 3 AM. The Córdoba brew smells strong of nuts, caramel, and oak. The coffee pot is an old heirloom from my grandfather, an avid coffee junkie. The vinyl tablecloth tends to stick to you with the late night heat. It’s always warm and muggy here. The ceiling fan is just a fancy dust…