Thursday, March 28, 2019

Album Review: Dead Tired - Full Vol.

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Weird dark hardcore from George Pettit of Alexonfire in the form of Dead Tired. The new album Full Vol. really rips and you can see my fu...

Album Review: Ibibio Sound Machine - Doko Mien

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Ibibio Sound Machine geared up this year for another album,  Doko Mien . It's a worthy successor to Uyai in my *cough* professional...

Album Review: Ex Hex - It's Real

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Excited for the new Ex Hex album? I think I lot of us are. I was really swept away by Rips and the bar for this album was set very high i...

Interview: Julia Nash of Wax Trax Records

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Julia Nash inexplicably agreed to talk to me. She's a grown-ass woman with a real-ass job but she got up at 7am to talk to me about h...
Saturday, March 23, 2019

Album Review: Venom Prison - Samsara

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Welsh progressive-minded and technical death metal Venom Prison released what may be my favorite album of the year so far this week. It...
Friday, March 22, 2019

Album Review: Chai - Punk

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Neo-kawaii makes landfall in the States with the absurdly friendly new album from Chai.  Punk is really poppin off and I don't have a...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

Show Review: Oozing Wound Record Release at Empty Bottle, March 16, 2019

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Photo Credit: CCS Oozing Wound are sick as hell and I've got the scoop on their record release show at the Bottle this week. Click th...

Album Review: The Daktaris - Soul Explosion

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This week I’ve been listening to and loving the reissue of The Daktaris ’ debut album Soul Explosion. Released on Desco Records in 1998, ...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

Album Review: Helado Negro - This is How You Smile

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I wrote a review of the new electro-folk foray from Helado Negro . It's not as good as his past work, but if you dig his style, I thi...

Album Review: Warm Human - Ghastly

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I've got a review of the wonderful new Warm Human LP up over at Chicago Crowd Surfer. Link here . Stay warm and human.
Friday, March 8, 2019

Album Review: While She Sleeps - So What?

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There is a review of While She Sleeps 's new LP over at Chicago Crowd Surfer. You can check it out here if you are so inclined. As fa...
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Album Review: Mykele Deville - Maintain

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Been listening to the new album Maintain by local MC and DIY ombudsman Mykele Deville and I am convinced he is the poet this city need...
Monday, March 4, 2019

Album Review: Black Taffy - Elder Mantis

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Just checked out Black Taffy ’s Elder Mantis . Black Taffy is Donovan Jones, a Dallas based sound artist who may be best known for his w...
Friday, March 1, 2019

Album Review: Candlemas - The Door To Doom

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Candlemass throws open the doors to their ancient chest of eldritch relics and unleashes their most devastating spell since their first. ...

Album Review: R. Stevie Moore - Afterlife

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Digging on this new  R. Stevie Moore LP. If you are in the mood for some homespun, outsider pop-rock click through to my review here .
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Album Review: Cochemea - All My Relations

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I really can't say that I've regretted checking out Cochemea Gastelum’s latest album, All of My Relations . Cochemea (whose name...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Interview: King Tuff

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King Tuff @ Lincoln Hall by me My interview with King Tuff is up at CHIRP Radio ! It was a great conversation where we discussed the...
Thursday, February 14, 2019

Interview: Smashed Plastic

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I took this photo As luck would have it, I was able to snag a quick interview with two of the founders of Chicago's newest (and only)...

Album Review: Da Staat - Bubble Gum

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Just checked out the sixth LP from Dutch alternative rock and psychedelic dance group, De Staat . Bubble Gum is an album that falls under...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Show Review: Smashed Plastic Records Opening w/ Serengeti, Diagonal, The Lawrence Peters Outfit & Bleach Party @ Workshop 400, February 2, 2019

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Serengeti (Photo by me) I stopped out to deliver my well wishes to Chicago's newest small batch vinyl printing press moguls, Smashed...

Album Review: Swallow the Sun - When the Shadow is Forced into the Light

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A thing of beauty born in the wake of tragedy. If you need some hard feeling heavy metal in your life today, click here for my review of...

Album Review: Boy Harsher - Careful

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Have some harsh words for a boy in your life? Need to dance it out? Have I got an album for you! Click here to read my review of the new...

Album Review: DAWN - new breed

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Today I am just about to lose my head over the latest LP from former Danity Kane idol, Dawn Richard, fka D∆WN, currently DAWN . On new br...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Album Review: Deathchant - Deathchant

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At the moment I'm staring down the void with the help of the new self-titled debut from LA stoner rock leviathan, Deathchant . The g...