Review: Arcana
Arcana “Inner Pale Sun” (Cold Meat Industry) While it appeared The Last Embrace, released over two years before Inner Pale Sun, was to be the final chapter in Arcana, which proves to not be the case. Peter Pettersson’s new album…
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Review: Benumb
Benumb “By Means of Upheaval” (Relapse Records) Viscous grindcore from the San Francisco area. Benumb’s songs are short bursts of savagery, often clocking in at less than a minute. Their ability to beat the listener senseless in that short amount…
Review: Black Cross
Black Cross “Art Offensive” (Equal Vision Records) Siphoning off of the early 80’s DC hardcore sound, Black Cross (formerly Black Widows) punch through twelve kick-ass, retro-tinged jams with their eyes on the future. Bands like Hoover, Swiz and even Drive…
Review: BlackStreet
BlackStreet “Level II” (Dream Works) What the fuck… someone just regurgitated remnants of an era better long forgotten. Long-term memory has unfortunately functioned properly, successfully scarring me with Black Street hits pre-high school years. My feeble infantile mind had gathered…
Review: Blueline Medic
Blueline Medic ““text_bomb”” (Fueled By Ramen) Although I’’ve heard a lot about Blueline Medic, I had honestly never heard them until a couple of days ago. What I had heard is 100% true. These guys are a small derivative of…
Review: Bob Log III
Bob Log III “Log Bomb” (Fat Possum) The title of the newest Bob Log III album does not break the trend of albums named after modes of transportation. As Bob explains, “I am now the vehicle.” Bob Log III is…
Review: Bosso Mundo 2”
Various Artists ““Bosso Mundo 2”” (WaveMusic) “The Bossa Mundo Concept is a unique collaboration between two incredibly talented DJ’s from two of the hottest indy labels out there-NYC’s Wave Music and Paris’ Yellow Productions”. A comp full of latin-ish…
Review: Buckethead
Buckethead “Bermuda Triangle” (Catalyst / City Hall) For “Bermuda Triangle” underground guitar hero Buckethead (Praxis, El Stew, Deli Creeps) teams with multi-instrumentalist/producer Extrakd (El Stew, Gonervill). Without venturing too far into hip-hop these sonic collages feature Buckethead’s heavy guitar experimentation…
Review: The Building Press
The Building Press ““Amplitude of Frequencies Over Time”” (Woodson Lateral Records) Yo, boys are taking it scientific on your ass. They got this diagram of time, amplitude, and frequencies right on the disc to really let you know what their…
Review: California Speedbag
California Speedbag “The Fire of Misery” (Smog Veil) If I was fat, had a beard, drank JB straight from the bottle, lived in Wyoming, drove a truck for a living, could recite the entire Merle Haggard library, knew the names…