Tag: REVIEWS
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Carolina Lee – It’s Still Now
Berlin-based Carolina Lee has conjured a luxuriant, introspective world with their sophomore album, It’s Still Now. This four-piece band, led by the evocative voice of Nadja Carolina, crafts a dreamy, irresistible, timeless, and immediate blend of psychedelic folk and dream pop music. With rich textures, intricate arrangements, and a lyrical depth that explores themes of…
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Telebox – When Night Turns Into Day 10″ EP (Blowtorch Records)
Telebox’s When Night Turns Into Day EP feels like the auditory equivalent of watching realtime dawn break, shadowy post-punk guitars, and sparkling shoegaze textures melting into the light of day. This 10″ vinyl, available in just 50 copies, showcases Galway’s finest threading indie rock, post-rock, and atmospheric dreamscapes together into a cohesive, brooding, uplifting, and…
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of all living things – Cold Plunge 12″ EP (Blowtorch Records)
From the opening notes of Cold Plunge, the second EP by the Dublin-based quartet of all living things, you’ll be immediately drawn into a world where melancholy sparkles and nostalgia lounge like a fading photograph. This 12” vinyl release is an expansive emotional landscape that captures the push-and-pull of introspection and the passage of time.…
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His Father’s Voice – Black Poison Morning LP (Blowtorch Records)
From the opening moments of Black Poison Morning, His Father’s Voice reveals themselves as an ultimate sonic force, blending brooding depths and melodic grandeur into an emotionally charged debut. This record is a sprawling, echoic masterpiece, equal parts introspective, anthemic, melancholic, and defiant. It exemplifies the post-punk’s continuing relevance, reinterpreted through the fresh lens of…
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Ian Vargo – Weird Old Man
“Weird Old Man” is the latest release by Ian Vargo, an outstanding singer-songwriter based in Savannah, Georgia. It’s his latest piece of work, arriving as an adequate follow-up of “Light Up The Room” and “Creepy Florida People,” two excellent singles released earlier this year that you should also check out. Still, Vargo’s latest composition arrives…
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Poem Rocket – Lend-Lease 12″ EP (Silver Girl Records)
Imagine a world where art is both a weapon and a lifeline, a desperate scream into the void, accompanied by a careful and clever exploration of form and structure. That’s the essence of Lend-Lease, the long-lost EP by Poem Rocket, a band that thrived on the liminal space between post-punk chaos and art-rock introspection. Originally…
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Delta Of Venus – Disengaged b/w Slipping
“Disengaged b/w Slipping” is the latest release by Delta Of Venus, an excellent recently-reformed band based in Mystic, CT. It’s a double single that vividly showcases all their experience, knowledge, talent, and skills, so it’s a material that will unquestionably appeal to all those listeners looking for cleverly assembled and flawlessly performed music. For those…
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Hathors – When The Sun Is Out (When Skies Are Grey) LP (Noise Appeal Records)
Hathors’ latest offering, When The Sun Is Out (When Skies Are Grey), is a sonic manifesto for anyone who’s ever felt life’s lightness and heaviness collide in perfect disharmony. This Swiss trio from Winterthur has crafted a masterpiece that bridges alt-rock’s raw emotional landscapes with the powerful melodic punk hooks and the angst-soaked tones of…
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Lenny Lashley’s Gang Of One – Illuminator CD (Pirates Press Records)
Lenny Lashley’s Illuminator is a soul-baring odyssey through the highs and lows of life, distilled into ten tracks that effortlessly blend melodic punk rock with gritty, heartfelt rock ‘n’ roll. For fans of cathartic storytelling, anthemic choruses, and raw emotional resonance, this full-length album delivers on every front. Lashley, a stalwart of Boston’s punk scene…
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Black Rose Moves – Jessica
“Jessica” is the latest release by Black Rose Moves, an excellent English duo based in Birmingham. It’s their third piece of work released in 2024, arriving as an adequate follow-up of “Ghost Town” and “Summer Of Sorrow,” two superb compositions released earlier this year that you should also check out as soon as possible. Soundwise,…
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Turn Two – Darkest Days
“Darkest Days” is the latest release by Turn Two, an excellent quartet based in Neptune City, New Jersey. Heavily promoted by “Symptoms Of Silence,” “Medicine (Black & Blue),” and “Polaroid,” three exceptional singles that you should immediately check out, this material carries six songs in total that vividly showcase all the brilliance, creativity, and musicianship…
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Barking Poets – Arizona
“Arizona” is the latest release by Barking Poets, an outstanding English trio based in London. It’s their first piece of work this year, arriving as an adequate follow-up of “Southsea Sounds,” an incredible EP released in 2023 that you should also check out as soon as possible. For those who somehow missed our previous articles…
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