Friday, June 28, 2019

Album Review: Abyssal - A Beacon in the Husk

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At the bottom of the sea lives a horrible titan named Abyssal , they've emerged to disgorge their fourth LP and you can find my writ...

Album Review: Hatchie - Keepsake

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Hatchie wants to make your dream pop dreams a reality. Check out my write up of her new album, Keepsake over at Chicago Crowd Surfer .  ...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Album Review: Pacific Breeze: Japanese City

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It's warming up outside and I am keeping cool with a delightful blast from our abandoned future-past, with a collection of Japanese ...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Interview: Hitter

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Image provided by Hitter My interview with local heavy rock rippers Hitter is finally airing on CHIRP Radio. We discuss heavy metal infl...
Friday, June 21, 2019

Album Review: City Girl - Chroma Velocity

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I got a little whimsical with my coverage of City Girl 's Chroma Velocity . Seriously, give it a listen. It is magnificent! It's...

Album Review: Personal Best - What You At

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This week I covered the latest hard-pop heartache from very gay gal rockers Personal Best . Their new LP is What You At and my review is...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Album Review: Shey Baba - Requiem

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All work and no play can make me a weary boy. That’s why I’m diving into the patient, transportive R’nB of LA-based singer/songwriter Sh...
Saturday, June 15, 2019

Album Review: Fuming Mouth - The Grand Descent

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Fuming Mouth is fury personified and their new album rips! I covered it over at Chicago Crowd Surfer. Link below. Review of Fuming ...

Album Review: Cave In - Final Transmission

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Covered the new album by Cave In over at Chicago Crowd Surfer . A full albums worth of post/space rock mixed with metalcore, born out o...
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Album Review: Alice Clark - Alice Clark

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Today I am waking up to the lovely and long displaced voice of Alice Clark . Her debut (and only record) is considered by some lost clas...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Album Review: Death Angel - Humanicide

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Last week we saw the release of Bay area thrash legends Death Angel release the fantastic Humanicide . I like it quite a bit. My review...

Album Review: Darkthrone - Old Star

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Black metal pioneers Darkthrone released their latest foray into crusty doom Old Star this week. My coverage of this twisted daddy of r...

Show Review: Doomed & Stoned 2019 @ Reggies Rock Club

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Get your recommended dose of fuzz and fury with my write up of Doomed & Stoned 2019 featuring Blood Ceremony , Torche , Demon Lun...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

Album Review: Earth - Full Upon Her Burning Lips

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This week I covered the dusty new drone album Full Upon Her Burning Lips by Earth . It's an interesting departure for the band and I...
Friday, May 24, 2019

Album Review: Full of Hell - Weeping Choir

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My mind is still reeling after experiencing grindcore genre benders Full of Hell and their new LP Weeping Choir . Read my ramblings tong...

Album Review: Steel Pulse - Mass Manipulation

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This week I covered English reggae mainstays Steel Pulse and their new LP Mass Manipulation. Read all about how to break the back of the...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Album Review: Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells

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I invite you to join me in exiting the mundane with the help of the award-winning, Harvard professor, and musical polymath, Esperanza Sp...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

Album Review: Sâver - They Came With Sunlight

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Lots a brilliant brutal stuff in rotation this week.Check out my review of the latest album from Norwegian sludge metal upstarts Sâver o...

Album Review: Possessed - Revelations of Oblivion

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This week I covered the original death metal band, Possessed and their new LP  Revelations of Oblivion . They're back from the abys...
Friday, May 17, 2019

Show Review: Perturbator at Thalia Hall

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Perturbator (Photo credit: CCS) This week I checked out the future-imperfect cyber synth wraiths Perturbator at Thalia Hall. I dug a lit...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Album Review: Combo Chimbita - Ahomale

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Today I am snacking on some choice rhythmic ruminations, courtesy of Brooklyn’s Combo Chimbita . While home-based in a whitewashed hipst...

Album Review: Fixed Fight - Empty Homes

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My review of Danish metallic hardcore crew Fixed Fight 's debut Empty Homes is up over on InEffect Hardcore . If you dig Snapecase ...
Friday, May 10, 2019

Album Review: Versus - Ex Nihilo

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This week I covered Versus new EP Ex Nihilo for Chicago Crowd Surfer . Its exactly what you want from this greying indie bulwark in 2019...
Thursday, May 9, 2019

Album Review: Ringworm - Death Becomes My Voice

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Chicago Crowd Surfer is running my review of the brutal and uncompromising return of hardcore legends Ringworm and their latest tour d...

Album Review: Fury - Failed Entertainment

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This week in album reviews I had the honor of covering a new release by art-house youth crew upstarts Fury, tilted  Failed Entertainment...

Album Review: Helms Alee - Noctiluca

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Nothing like music from a rainy city to set the mood for an overcast afternoon, right? Today I’m enjoying the angular cloud-bursting dyn...
Thursday, May 2, 2019

Album Review: Chevalier - Destiny Calls

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Helsinki based heavy metal heathens Chevalier just dropped their new LP Destiny Calls , and it is everything you could want out of a spee...

Album Review: Aldous Harding - Designer

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There is no one in the world like  Aldous Harding , and her new album  Designer  is a distinctly transportive masterpiece. My write up is...

Album Review: Walking Bicycle - Chooch EP

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Walking Bicycle , local alternative rockers named for a strange hybrid mode of transportation, are thankfully back with some new music. T...
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...