Yes, I am once again in the process of moving and heading back over to the Missouri side. That's why there has been such a lack of activity on here lately and I apologize. I don't currently have Internet access but will in a couple more days (I'm writing this from my phone actually). Anyway, the address on the right side of the page will be changing, however anyone who has sent items for review to the current address have no need to worry as I'll still be able to recieve them for the time being. [...]
Despite their debut Braille Animal coming out in 2008, I'd never heard of Buildings up until last year. It may or may not have been the best time to discover them, since just as soon as I had a chance to listen to Braille Animal I was made aware that they had a new album coming out in only a matter of a month or two. I'm not sure if that complicates things sometimes, but the immediate reaction is always the more the merrier. Their debut was a [...]
Happened upon the St. Louis trio of Britches awhile back when they had a five song online demo up for download. Admittedly I didn't give them much thought afterward, but then this album showed up late last year and happily gave them another go around. At the very least the demo was oddball enough to warrant it. They seem to have a recurring thing with incorporating the word "demo" into the name of their releases, this one being Demonstration and the previous release titled Democracy. I assume that these aren't just cleverly named demos [...]
More noise from Finland based monsters Throat . This time throwing two new 7-inches at us, one being a split with fellow Finnish sludge mongers Fleshpress. I can't say I've really given much of a listen to Fleshpress in the past, but what I have heard was some incredibly slowed down and exhausting doom/sludge material on their LP Pillars . So, it goes without saying, I was a bit surprised to hear them on this split coming out of the gate [...]
It's odd to be able to describe a record like this as being "lively", but as bleak and gloomy as Bestial Mouths appear to be here on their debut LP Hissing Veil , they play with a type of energy that throws most of what people have come to expect about goth/death-rock for a gigantic loop. A large chunk of this is due to drummer Ebrahim Saleh's frenetic style often clashing alongside a lurching type of synth based melody, which in itself nearly gives this genre bending attributes. [...]
First thing I noticed about Glowing Brain Garden was the elaborate artwork that is featured pretty much everywhere on the record. It also includes a couple inserts that also display the same type of sprawling images. Have to appreciate the type of effort that went into putting this together, a completely self-funded venture it would appear and one that is obviously a labor of love. As for Northern Liberties and their music, they actually kind of mimic what you see covering every inch of this release. [...]
Was pretty pumped to see this land in my mailbox roughly a month or so ago. Yeah, it's been that long…way too much shit going on right now, blah blah blah. Anyway, got hooked on Bloodhouse from a link to download their six song cassette from One Base On an Overthrow awhile back, although I'm not necessarily sure exactly on the specifics. The Halifax group play a delay heavy and fuzzed out sort of pop/punk mixture that I doubt I'll ever get sick of hearing at this point. [...]
Got this single awhile back from Summerstep Records, who also had a hand in putting out that Kid Icarus record that appeared on these pages not all that long ago. With that said, it kind of gave me an idea as to what could be expected from this little 2 tracker (4 if you count bonus digital downloads), in that it's probably going to be some sort of jangly indie-rock type of deal. Sure enough, Eww Yaboo grind out what is some solid enough rock here at times that actually [...]
I was a bit late getting into the Italian trio of His Electro Blue Voice , not really hearing them until I listened to their Animal Versus single on Batshit Records that came out a couple years ago. After that however, I found myself seeking out whatever else they had released. As it turns out they aren't the most prolific band, hanging around since 2006 or so and spitting out a single here and there, so doing so wasn't terrible hard. The release of this 12-inch, Dead Sons [...]
Yep, that would be a Minutemen reference you see there, however that's pretty much where that homage stops. God Bows to Math are an Auckland, New Zealand based group that I first noticed with their EP from earlier last year and enjoyed enough to throw on a podcast. Didn't realize an album was already in the plans, but as it turns out they've been trying to get this thing together for awhile now with a number of hangups along the way and finally getting it released towards the end of [...]
Download BOAWS Podcast: Episode #12 01 – Royal Headache – Down the Lane 02 – Conger! Conger! - Pray 03 – 90 Day Men – Missouri Kids Cuss 04 – Anne – Tarvantovaara 05 – Rational Animals – Thought Debris 06 – Whatever Brains – Cousteau on a [...]
Always having their feet somewhat submerged in the pool of indie-pop, Reports have seen a gradual shift from those straight forward numbers found on their first album to what has become a noticeably more garage and fuzz filled sound for this second LP Dinamo Cambridge . The single that preceded this album a couple years ago featuring the excellent "Bill Wyman Metal Detector" was a pretty good indicator as to the direction they were heading. For those that enjoyed that, well Dinamo Cambridge should hit the spot [...]
Sorry folks, I expected to return sooner but busy holiday weekends kept me away and then when things finally returned to normal I came down with some sort of nasty respiratory infection. However, I think I am nearly good to go. Updates shall return soon!
With 2011 nearing to an end and my schedule getting a bit busier around the holidays I figured I would take the opportunity while I had a bit of time to go ahead and get my best of list up. It was another excellent year to which I had the pleasure of hearing a number of good tunes. Thank you to everyone out there that continues to read the blog and check out new music. I wish all of you happy holidays! No on to the list… [...]
First release for Golden Voyage records is this LP from the Philly based Psychic Teens , simply titled Teen . As the big heart with an "X" through it would indicate, this isn't exactly your feel good record. This one rides the 80's goth/darkwave era hard, but with a bit more added noise and distortion that will likely draw mentions of influence from shoegaze, etc. The singer especially seems to really be following the Joy Division line of approach, with cold monotone echoed out vocals. [...]
Fat History Month is a Boston group that seemingly enjoy gracing their album covers with crudely drawn sketches of odd things. This single in particular, as you can see, features a sketch of a gorilla. I haven't had the chance to hear their latest album Fucking Despair yet, but from what I've seen it features a bizarre sketch of a pear with a penis hanging off of it. Yep. In what seems like an effort to match these sketches, their music is an equally crude/rough and often [...]
As one of the many "music listeners" or "dipshits" (as Kim Phuc lovingly put it on their blog) that take pleasure in crafting an admittedly pointless top whatever list of records at the end of the year, I held out starting work on said list until I had a chance to hear the bands full-length debut Copsucker . C'mon guys, I was smart enough to not make one until I heard YOUR record! But anyway, holding out hope that it would arrive sometime by the end of [...]
Can't say that I get too many 3-inch CD's in the mail. In fact, I don't think I ever have until this little four song EP from the Brooklyn duo Trabajo showed up. I wasn't really too interested in ripping it to my computer as I remember the only other time I had to deal with one of these was a lengthy and troublesome time spent getting it out of my computers CD tray. Thankfully they had this one up elsewhere for free download and saved me the worry of [...]
It disappoints me some that I never wrote anything about Shores and their debut album from last year Coup de Grace , as it proved to be an album that really grew on me over time. The duo (a foursome live) from Grand Rapids, Michigan play a convincing set of sparse slow moving indie-rock that would easily fall under the umbrella of "slowcore". As it was with their first album, it's always a bit of a head turner whenever I see that No Idea released this. [...]
Download BOAWS Podcast: Episode #11 01 - Video - The Husband 02 - Divorce - Wet Bandit 03 - Household - Shreds 04 - 3Ds - First Church 05 - Chausse Trappe - Face A Part II 06 - Degreaser - Untitled 5 07 - [...]
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