Review: Dysrhythmia
Dysrhythmia “Pretest” (Relapse) I don’t know how to categorize this one. You can take that as good or bad. Right now, as I listen to the uncategorizable bastard, I’d say it’s good. The name of the band fits their music,…
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Review: Girlush Figure
Girlush Figure ““Rotten To The Core”” (Rodent Popsicle) Hatred/Blasphemy, Torture/Wounds, and Agony/Catholicism…theses are words that describe the immorality of the ladies from Girlush Figure. After five years the Virginia trio is calling it quits and heading in different directions. Oh,…
Review: Fleshgrind
Fleshgrind “Murder Without End” (Olympic) It’s grindcore. It’s grindcore that takes itself seriously. End of review. Everything else that follows is not a review of this band, this band called “Fleshgrind.” It’d be pointless. I’m not going to describe what…
Review: Downset “Universal”
Downset “Universal” (Liquid 8) . I saw downset. Nine years ago. Back then, I bought their 7” because I heard they were graffiti writers. Hip-Hop meets rock was fresh to my ears, and downset. was the shit. After the first…
Review: Clann Zu
Clann Zu “Rua” (G-7 Welcoming Committee Records) Clann Zu paint a sometimes lush sound that is too often a bit overdone. It’s ambitious, a little jammy (“All the People Now”) and tedious. “All That You’ve Ever Known” begins with synthesizers,…
Review: Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab For Cutie “Transatlanticism” (Barsuk) This band specializes in making you feel sad, and then making you feel good about the fact that you are feeling sad. Death Cab For Cutie creates that brand of indie rock that feels…
Review: Dark Throne
Dark Throne “Hate Them” (The End) True black metal. That’s a stupid thing to write, “true black metal,” as if other black metal is somehow false or maybe just slightly dishonest. What I mean, I think, is this is rootsy…
Review: Dataclast vs. the Earwigs
Dataclast vs. the Earwigs “Split CD” (Crucial Blast) Dataclast is first up on this CD split between two bands, and if I say I’ve never heard anything like it before, then please excuse me because I HAVE never heard anything…
Review: Various Artists “Return of the DJ Vol. 5”
Various Artists “Return of the DJ Vol. 5” (Bomb) Can you remember when you first saw a guy’s face in a magazine or on TV and recognized him as a DJ? You know, the guy behind two turntables making noises…
Review: DJ Hell, Peter Kruder, Michael Reinboth, Theo Thonnessen “I Like it Volume 1”
DJ Hell, Peter Kruder, Michael Reinboth, Theo Thonnessen “I Like it Volume 1” (Compost) “This idea isn’t new. Take some crafty, talented, seasoned, eclectic producers, have them pick a few tracks they like and put them all on a CD…