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  • 30 Bands, 30 Days – #2 Firesuite

    “So, why ‘beat combo’?”  “Chris thought it was a funny way to describe ourselves. Maybe the joke got lost somewhere…” Of all the adjectives I could throw to Firesuite (and I’ve thrown quite a few praising them…), I never quite understood the “beat combo” thing, but I assumed it was an oblique joke, a Family Guy-grade cutaway…

  • The Lost Gem: Alice in Chains – Jar of Flies

    “We always wanted to do different things, we don’t want to make big waves doing it and lose people in the process, so we just put it in the stores, We didn’t really advertise it, and it was like something out for the real fans who were out looking out for it to find that’s what Jar…

  • 30 Bands, 30 Days – #1 Cats:For:Peru

    Well, it’s been seven years of writing, promoting and ranting about bands we enjoy at this Shithole of a Website (TM) and to celebrate, this time around I thought I could talk about 30 Sheffield bands that struck a chord. Why Sheffield? Because it’s where I finally decided to go solo with this writing stuff.…

  • Review: Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan – Take it, it’s yours

    The last few years have been great for us, lovers of deconstructions, re-inventions and covers. Slow, atmospheric renderings of eighties classics like ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the world’ or ‘I started a joke’ were used to sell us movies through cleverly curated soundtracks. Mark Kozelek grabbed musicals, Modest Mouse, AC/DC and John Denver and rendered them asunder into bright new…

  • Review: Cowtown – Paranormal Romance

    KISS has many interpretations. You know the old one, you probably swear by another, but the best one is “keep it sweet and simple.” Cowtown’s Paranormal Romance exemplifies this lil’ bit of homespun knowledge, as the album barely clocks 23 minutes. And that’s fine. Do you really need to make a long-ass, prog rock oeuvre to say something?…

  • Video: My Black Heart Machine – I know

      The haunting tones of synthwave come in droves with the newest single by My Black Heart Machine. ‘I know’ sports a stop motion video full of doom and gloom, waiting to elope with oft-ignored thoughts that always inhabit the back of your mind. The spirit of Eli Roth guides us through life as a Barbie Doll, the modern…

  • Review: Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes – Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes

    Rates of change. The mathematical tool to describe movement. Positive or negative, it doesn’t matter; nothing stays the same. The vertiginous debut album by Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes can only make me think of calculus. A frantic disposition to the heavier sentiment of post-hardcore summarises the tracks in their self-titled album. The granite-solid musical foundation allows Carl Sagan’s…

  • Review: of Montreal – Innocence Reaches

    “[…] you can’t really martyr yourself when no one gives a fuck” – Def Pacts, of Montreal. Christmas. Halloween. Mexican Independence Day. Yearly occurrences people celebrate or abhor if they are party poopers. A yearly album by of Montreal also gets the same reception: celebrated by some, loathed by others and ignored by the ones who never…

  • Video: Neil Cousin – Leg Bone Flute

      Long time ago and in a very different country, we reviewed Neil Cousin‘s Bonfire. A mighty order of folk, if you ask me. Now, in preparation for his new album, The Dreams of Animals,  the brand new video ‘Leg Bone Flute’ has been released from its rolled steel cage. Free to roam the dim streets, ‘Leg Bone Flute’ plows…

  • Review: Billy Nelson – Water sports

    The eighties revival. When did it start? By now, it seems it has been running longer than a decade and still, the possibilities to expand on that era’s synth and sequence heavy music are still expanding. Once the butt of many jokes, the synth is now revered as an expansive instrument that can be as…