Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Album Review: Magic Circle - Departed Souls

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Time to crack the seal on some fresh doom metal. This week I’m jamming to the latest from Magic Circle, a Boston based “true” doom metal...
Monday, April 29, 2019

Interview: Mykele Deville

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Image thanks to artist My interview with Chicago DIY icon Mykele Deville is up at CHIRP Radio ! Here is a quote from the bumper written...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

Album Review: Anderson .Paak - Ventura

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I am easing into the weekend with the help of Anderson .Paak’s new LP, Ventura . Ventura sees Anderson back in touch with his R’nB roots...
Friday, April 26, 2019

Album Review: Chokehold - With This Thread I Hold On

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New stuff from  Chokehold  dropping this week. Old school metallic hardcore from Detroit. It doesn't get any realer than that. My wri...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Album Review: After the Burial - Evergreen

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After the Burial isn't dead yet. In fact, if their new album  Evergreen  is anything to go by, they may be mounting a serious comeba...

Album Review: Claude Fontaine - Claude Fontaine

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Today I'm easing into my groove with the velvet croon of LA singer and songwriter, Claude Fontaine . Her debut LP it the direct resul...
Friday, April 19, 2019

Album Review: Inter Arma - Sulphur English

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Inter Arma's new LP flat out kicked my ass. Sulpher English sees the band returning to their earlier sound while stepping up their so...

Album Review: American War Machine - Unholy War

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NYC metallic hardcore supergroup American War Machine have dropped their debut LP, Unholy War. I have a few thoughts on it and you can ch...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

Show Review: Ministry at House of Vans, April 13, 2019

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Photo by me I was a lucky boy this week and got to check out Ministry as part of a Record Store Day promotion at House of Vans. Relive th...
Saturday, April 13, 2019

Album Review: Little Simz - Grey Area

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I am keeping it real this week with Little Simz new LP, Grey Area . Little Simz is a London MC who took her first turn in the recording...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Album Review: Big Eyes - Streets of the Lost

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Yes! New Big Eyes! If you want to see me gush over this little powerpop powerhouse's new LP head over to Chicago Crowd Surfer for the...

Album Review: Vltimas - Something Wicked Marches In

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I'm always a little suspicious of "super groups" but this one includes David Vincent (Morbid Angel), Rune "Blasphemer...

Album Review: Cocaine Piss - Passionate and Tragic

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Weird gender-skewing Belgium glitter-crust punks, Cocaine Piss have a new LP out called  Passionate and Tragic . It's a wet and wild ...

Album Review: Show Me the Body - Dog Whistle

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Every neighborhood in Chicago is fighting a losing battle against developers and vulture investors. Due to what I'm seeing happen in ...
Monday, April 8, 2019

Album Review: Hitter - Demo

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I’m staying getting through today by turning up local seek-and-destroyers Hitter . As way of a bio, Hitter are a Chicago rock band who a...
Friday, April 5, 2019

Album Review: Herod - Sombre Dessein

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Today I am jamming to Sombre Dessein the new album from Swiss progressive sludge and post-hardcore band Herod . While Herod’s sound can...

Album Review: Whitechapel - The Valley

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The new Whitechapel album is here and it is setting a very high bar for other deathcore releases this year. On a side note,  The Valley  ...

Show Review: Baroness @ The Riv - March 31, 2019

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Baroness, taken on whatever version of the Samsung Galaxy I have  My charmed little life continues to be charmed and worth struggling t...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Album Review: Cantrell - Devil Never Even Lived

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Just checked out the new album by LA transplant and southern-rap upstart, Cantrell . Devil Never Even Lived is the follow up to last ye...
Monday, April 1, 2019

Album Review: Angel Du$t - Pretty Buff

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Today I'm listening to Baltimore’s Angel Du$t and their latest album Pretty Buff . The band has now completed their transition from...
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...