Jared Grabb / The Lesser Birds of Paradise ““Reading Light”” (Thinker Thought Records) The first act on this four song split, Jared Grabb, is an acoustic driven contemporary of the early recordings of Dashboard Confessionals. When a band can rely…
Genocide Superstars “III” (Relapse) This is the second album by the Genocide Superstars that have had the pleasure of hearing and reviewing. These guys play muscular pumped up thrashcore with concretely grounded rock and roll sensibilities. They’ll pull a wank…
Various Artists “House of 1000 Corpses” (Geffen) After years of protracted legal wrangling, Rob Zombie finally saw his splatter flick released. The movie “House of 1000 Corpses” is like H. G. Lewis’s “10,000 Maniacs” crossed with “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. Liberal…
Mr. Lif “I Phantom” (Definitive Jux) On the surface, Mr. Lif’s first official long-player is another head cracking, Hip-Hop masterpiece. This is standard for the Def Jux roll call of independent releases. Also standard is the need to give these…
In The Nursery “Praxis” (ITN Corporation) In The Nursery is known for sweeping, cinematic electronic compositions. Indeed, the band’s next project is to score the avant-garde 1937 Japanese silent film A Page of Madness. This album is somewhat of a…
The Geminus Sect “Gemination” (Sin Klub Entertainment) From what I know of guitar driven industrial music, Ministry pretty much paved the way so all bands engaged in this kind of music by default are instantly compared to Ministry and I…
Ginger Leigh “A True Life Story” (Self Released) Mysterious industrial rocker Ginger Leigh is mad about something. At first I thought it might be about Bush and the Second Gulf War as I thought I heard “Bush” in the screamed…
Gongzilla “East Village Sessions” (Lolo Records) This album finds the supergroup of players known as Gongzilla recording on one of the best collections of analog equipment. Disavowing programming, synthesizers, sampling and digital editing the group recorded at Manhattan’s Dangerous Studios…
Growling Tiger “High Priest of Mi Minor: Knockdown Calypso” (Heartbeat) This is a collection of premium, high-pitched calypso ballads sung in a minor key by the Trinidadian King of Calypso, Growling Tiger. The upbeat, swinging tunes naturally put a shuffle…
Guff “The Guff is a Disaster EP” (Go-Kart Records) The first track, “Responsibility Pays”, caught me totally by surprise. It’s early Saturday morning and I didn’t even know the speakers on my computer were on and I slipped the disc…