KAT VON D MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN KAT VON D Stumbling across Kat Von D’s My Side of the Mountain, I was perplexed with what was on offer: “Kat Von D’s signature blend of disco goth, heavily influenced by synthwave, new wave, post-punk, and other [...]
CLINIC STARS ONLY HINTING KRANKY RECORDS There’s always a specific feel to artists releasing their music through Kranky Records, but also a very individual take on that specific feel. There’s no exception to that ‘rule’ [...]
SEETHER THE SURFACE SEEMS SO FAR FANTASY RECORDS With their newest album, The Surface Seems So Far, Seether proves that rock is not dead. It is hard rock at its finest and loudest. The Surface Seems So Far is one of, if not the heaviest, album [...]
LEA THOMAS COSMOS FOREVER TRIPLE DOLPHIN RECORDS Dream pop in any shape and form has become a bit of a jaded (sub) genre these days if it is handled by the artists that only go through the motions and simply use it as an empty musical shell. [...]
TOMMY BOLIN GREAT GYPSY SOUL CLEOPATRA RECORDS Tommy Bolin was an incredible guitarist. He was diverse and could play many different styles with many different bands. He is best known as a member of Zephyr, The James Gang and Deep Purple (1975 [...]
AFTERIMAGE FACES TO HIDE INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS Throughout rock history, there are a number of bands that existed for a very short time but have an almost mythical reputation. Afterimage is one such band. The original line-up of Los [...]
SUNSET RUBDOWN ALWAYS HAPPY TO EXPLODE PRONOUNCED KROOG It is said that the body replenishes itself every seven years, cells being reborn and in turn a sort of rebirth, and while this doesn’t hold true in that you’re literally a new [...]
ULNA GAZEBO INDEPENDENT Is there anything wrong when the music of a certain artist/band seems to follow in the footsteps of another? Not really, particularly if it is the footsteps of a great one, like in this case, late great Eliot Smith, and [...]
