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6d ago
the crushedvelvets I Planted, Apollos Watered, But God Kept Making It Grow LP (TCV Records) Not every reader of this review will have experienced...
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1w ago
Scott Collins Purple Pain LP (independent) There aren’t many artists making music right now who are capable of introducing themselves as clearly having both...
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2w ago
Bass Drum Of Death “Live… And Let Die” LP (Cobraside Distribution) Even on first glance at the cover of “Live… And Let Die”, I...
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1M ago
Frank Turner Undefeated LP (Xtra Mile Recordings/Dine Alone/The Orchard) After releasing nine albums in seventeen years (and that’s just the studio albums – there...
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5M ago
Trabants
“Mantra” b/w “Surfers On Acid” 7”
(Hypnotic Bridge Records)
It’s impressive how engaging Trabants prove they’re capable of being on theirt “Mantra” single, particularly given that the first which tends to hook listeners is the thing that is noticeably absent from the band’s construct: a singer. Usually, a band’s singer is the first thing that engages listeners and brings them into the music but, without that, Trabants finds a way to weave a spell which can only be called inimitable. It’s surprising how quickly the band does it too; using just two songs that clock in at just less than ..read more
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5M ago
As a young buck, I was never attracted to Black Metal more than when it was filled to the brim with inconceivable levels of exalted atmosphere that encapsulated the world around me in all aspects; emotionally, physically and geographically. As I walked up to the edge of Scarborough’s Seaside Cliff to find myself gazing down upon a castle, a briny port town, the open ocean and the set venue for a Black Metal festival right on the shore of North Yorkshire, I knew I was going to be in for an incredible weekend.
DAY 1
Full Band List from Day 1: Sunken, Andracca, Lamp of Murmuur, Waldgeflüst ..read more
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5M ago
Alice In Chains
Jar Of Flies 12” EP (black vinyl 30th Anniversary reissue)
(Legacy Recordings/Columbia/Sony Music)
After seeing the multitude of “deluxe” variants of Alice In Chains’ Jar Of Flies EP that have been released in celebration of its thirtieth anniversary (on multi-colored vinyl, on vinyl with little replica houseflies pressed into it and so on), it’s refreshing to see the record reappear remastered and reissued on the most apt color vinyl possible: on vinyl that’s as black as tar. To be blunt, the concept for this release is simple and bare bones. The focus is on the music, as it ..read more
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6M ago
Blink 182
One More Time… LP
(Columbia/Sony Music)
It would be easy to find a cynical angle to approach the existence and sound of One More Time…, Blink-182’s ninth studio album and first to feature singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge since 2015. Did DeLonge’s return have something to do with singer/bassist Mark Hoppus’ cancer diagnosis in 2021? Was it because everyone in the band had discovered the sting of post-Blink projects not performing as well as they would have liked? Did the return of all members to the fold have something to do with a shared mid-life crisis (which does feel possible, given ..read more
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6M ago
Judas Priest
Invincible Shield 2LP
(Epic/Sony Music)
In the fifty-five years since their foundation, Judas Priest has seen no small number of changes to their form and style while still remaining an inimitable mainstay of the metal community. The band has never been afraid to re-evaluate their sound and style as they go, and that fact is very clear on Priest’s nineteenth album, Invincible Shield. Now, on one hand, that Invincible Shield is being marketed as a double album is a bit of a surprise because no one cut in the running features a particularly long running (only the album’s title trac ..read more
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7M ago
Alabama 3
Cold War Classics Vol. 2 LP
(Submarine Cat Records)
Before anyone gets nervous about what they might have missed, it’s important to point out that Cold War Classics is not the first Alabama 3 album to feature the erroneous numeric identifier Volume 2 (2002’s acoustic experiment Last Train to Mashville was listed as a Volume 2 as well – although there was no “Part 1” in that case either) – they’ve simply done it again for this album. This time out, Alabama 3 has chosen to diminish the number of “house” and/or “electronic” elements in their overall sound and focus more on the “songwri ..read more