Review: Challenger
Challenger “Give People What They Want In Lethal Doses” (Jade Tree) Challenger plays tunes that remind me a lot of early nineties post punk or indie in the vein of Seaweed. The tunes are all melodic and drivey, production…
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Review: Chaos Breed
Chaos Breed “Unleashed Carnage” (Crash) Sludgy fast metal approach with a punk like execution and recording process. The sound on the album is probably much thinner than the attack Chaos Breed delivers in a live setting. Chaos Breed is eternally…
Review: Coachwhips
Coachwhips “Bangers vs. Fuckers” (Narnack Records) On the Coachwhips third release “Bangers vs. Fuckers,” frontman John Dwyer seems to have finally recorded the album he’s always wanted: unabashed punk rock with low-fi production quality, giving the listener a live and…
Review: Cherry Wine “Bright Black”
Cherry Wine “Bright Black” (Dcide) At first I thought, “Cherry Wine…Yeah, Buttafly from the old Digable Planets. I’ve been waiting to hear this!” Since his Digable hiatus, I’ve been yearning to hear a Digable Part 3. “Bright Black” is not…
Review: Cryptopsy “None So Live”
Cryptopsy “None So Live” (Century Media) Just what I’ve been waiting for! A live Cryptopsy album. This band shreds live. They have the brutal intensity of a tail gunner in World War Two blasting down Japanese fighters over the South…
Review: Cex
Cex “Maryland Mansions” (Jade Tree) The party prankster known as Cex seems to have toned down his party jams and teenage anthems this time around on his latest release, “Maryland Mansions.” The album offers a rather introspective look at MC…
Review: !!! / OUT HUD
!!! / OUT HUD “Split EP Lab Remix Series Volume: 2” (Gold Standard Laboratories) This spilt EP was originally a vinyl only offering, released back in October of 1999. Dance rockers OUT HUD contribute three of the four tracks found…
Review: As I Lay Dying “Frail Words Collapse”
As I Lay Dying “Frail Words Collapse” (Metal Blade) Brutally tight metalcore. Vocals are a singular bark, but are done with intense passion. The real draw here is in the guitars. Lead runs thread themselves through crushing riffage to give…
Review: Antimatter
Antimatter “Lights out” (The End Records) Fucking balls. I’m sitting here, waiting, waiting for the goddamn album to get started. I can’t write a review on sparse piano playing and whispering can I? When is the fucker going to kick…
Review: Bravehearts “Bravehearted”
Bravehearts “Bravehearted” (Sony) Much to my dismay, this album had nothing to do with William Wallace or Mel Gibson. (Snare, Snare, Cymbal) Queens Bridge’s golden boy, Nas, is at it again, with his understudies The Bravehearts. New York Gangster to…