Tag: REVIEWS
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AcidSitter – Escape From Egoland LP
If you’ve been hanging around this blog for any length of time, you know that I am constantly preaching about the transformative power of a good riff, but every once in a while, a record that wants to reconfigure your entire spiritual DNA comes along. The Polish-Japanese collective, AcidSitter, has recently dropped Escape From Egoland,…
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Asteriæ – Miejsce, które nazywam sobą CD EP (D.I.Y. Kolo Records)
Let’s be honest, Poland has always been a special place for heavy music. It’s a country that has always produced some of the finest European bands, but while the world usually looks to the Polish scene for pure death metal and black metal, there is a bleeding-heart underground that is currently redefining what heavy actually…
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Kingdom Of The Lie – About The Rising Star LP (Moans Music)
When we talk about the history of death metal, Poland is basically hallowed ground. The scene there has consistently produced some of the most technically proficient, atmospherically dark, and relentlessly brutal music the genre has ever seen. But for every giant that conquered the globe, there are shadows in the underground, bands that created something…
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Dial Drive – Dial Drive LP (SBÄM)
Florida has always been a heavy hitter in the punk rock game, but sometimes you need a band to come along and remind you exactly why. Dial Drive has done that with their latest self-titled LP. If you’ve been looking for an album that sounds like the best days of the Warped Tour but decorated…
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Leftover Crack – White Guilt Atrocity Quilt 7″ (SBÄM)
Things have been a bit quiet lately in a crack rock steady world, but just when you think the old guard might be settling into the shadows, Leftover Crack returns, reminding everyone why they’ve been one of the greatest in the gutter-punk underground for decades. Packing two tracks of pure, undiluted spirit, this red vinyl…
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Dark Satellite – Death Of A Classic EP
Forget everything you think you know about the San Francisco underground. When Dark Satellite dropped their 2023 EP, Death Of A Classic, they were releasing a sonic bomb right in the middle of the post-punk revival. While most bands are content to just recycle 1979’s greatest hits, this trio is busy building a time machine…
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Dark Satellite – Splitting Image CD
Let’s be real for a second, most progressive music can feel a little cold. It’s often technically perfect but emotionally empty. Then you have a band like Dark Satellite. Their latest full-length, Splitting Image, is the exact opposite of that. It’s a record sounding like it was forged in the back of a van, refined…
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Kele Fleming – This Is Not Religious
“This Is Not Religious” is the latest release by Kele Fleming, an outstanding Canadian singer-songwriter based in Victoria, BC. It’s her second piece of work in 2025, arriving after “Crickets,” another excellent standalone single released earlier this year that you should also check out as soon as possible. Originally written in the early ’90s, “This…
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Stone Sea – Left to Be
Stone Sea is back with another fine piece of sonic artistry that will unquestionably appeal to anyone who appreciates heartfelt music performed with such precision and finesse. It’s needless to say how this band delights us with their soulful, passionate, hearty music, and “Left to Be” is no exception either. Reflecting a quiet, yet strange…
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OCCULTRA – Heart Of The Hunter
The synthwave scene has been thriving in recent years, with numerous artists and bands delivering exceptional tunes and releases. At times, it seems like the scene is more alive than it was many decades ago when it first emerged. However, due to an overwhelming appearance of so many music outlets, synthwave may seem a bit…
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ALLEY (The Band) – The Release (Now It’s Over)
“The Release (Now it’s over)” is the debut standalone single by ALLEY (the band), an up-and-coming quartet based on the South Coast of the UK. It’s one of those tracks that immediately wraps around your listening apparatus and transports you to a completely different realm, while simultaneously demonstrating a tremendous experience of the entire band.…
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The Zaramutas – Big Steps
Given the current state of the world, the music scene needs politically charged music more than ever. Good music has always been a catalyst for social change, and these are the moments when The Zaramutas’ new single comes in handy. “Big Steps“ carries everything you ever needed from a proper alternative rock banger. Captivating vocal…
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