Latest AlbumReviews
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THE SWORD – WARP RIDERS
Proving that Muse aren't the only band capable of delivering prog rocking concept albums this decade, Texan rockers The Sword return here with album number three, a sludge heavy science fiction epic. Telling the tale of Ereth, an archer banished from his tribe on the planet Archeron; a hardscrabble planet that has undergone a tidal…
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Tags: Rock Metal
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MUSIC TO DRIVE TANKS TO – MUSIC TO DRIVE TANKS TO
Music To Drive Tanks To. Great name. What sort of music does it bring to mind? Something very heavy, perhaps. Walls of guitar noise. Clanking, grating mechanical beats. Angry, politicised lyrics addressing the contradictions inherent in capitalism and the imminent collapse of the military-industrial complex. Perhaps a sample of a pneumatic drill. One thing it…
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Tags: Electronica Pop Experimental
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FOURTEEN TWENTYSIX – LIGHTTOWN CLOSURE
Sometimes a strange or unusual vocal can actually lend its self to a piece of music, offering an interesting or unique third dimension to a track; in the case of artists like Devendra Banhart or Joanna Newsom it’s been key to their success. But, more often than not, with most artists, it just comes off…
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Tags: Indie Emo Emotronic
Latest SingleReviews
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glassJAw – ALL GOOD JUNKIES GO TO HEAVEN
Hailing from music Mecca (Long Island, New York to you and I) GlassJAw are probably the most influential post-hardcore band of the last decade, if not of all time, AND - what’s more - they’ve managed to accomplish and retain…
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Tags: Emo Post Hardcore Screamo
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THE LOVE THEME – INDIAN GIRL
The Love Theme's 'Indian Girl' is an entertaining piece of fluff dominated by a cut-up vocal sample taken from the 1967 Bollywood film Anita. It sounds very little like the song it samples, or indeed any other Indian music that…
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Tags: Dance Electronica
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THE CHRISTOPHERS – 7/11
Heading into the second half of the year 2010, it's got to be getting increasingly difficult to come up with a band name that's both ear catching and original; but seriously The Christophers, is that really the best you can…
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Tags: Alternative Indie New Wave
