Generally Impressed With Riffs
So here’s the thing about Rotten Sound: They kick ass. That’s really the end of the review, but okay, let’s keep going. Now some thirty years into their career, Rotten Sound has set themselves into a cycle of an EP …
I don’t know what it’s like in your neck of the woods, but down here, in Aotearoa New Zealand, there’s often been a reluctance from fringe music-makers and DIY labels to celebrate their creative successes. Shouting about your own genius …
There’s a moment when listening to Pull to God, the debut EP from NYC’s Sire Languish, that makes you feel as if you’re being drawn into an endless tunnel of some sort. It’s spacious, incredibly atmospheric music, but unlike more …
[Cover art by sole band member Evan Daniele] I had a roommate in college who would regularly say, “I’m gonna spray noodles out your dome” after a few drinks (i.e. shoot your brains out of the back of your beautifully …
Howdy, friends. It’s time for the final edition of Staff Infections for 2025. I know it’s only November, but to avoid contributing to list-overload come the year’s end, we cut Staff Infections off a month …
[Artwork by Ted Nasmith] Of course, a funeral is bleak, the very idea of it. Grief, loss, despair, the shock of a vital presence suddenly become absence, all of it placed in a fishbowl for …
Lamp of Murmuur remains, in many ways, a mystery. A songwriter simply dubbing the name “M.” writes and records everything. To this day, even in the Metal Archives, a single letter sits beneath the “Members” …
Kia ora, crüe. It’s always the way, innit!?! You spend weeks writing a War and Peace-length round-up of recent punk releases, and then 30 seconds after you submit the damn thing, out of nowhere, a …
Mankind has a great history of discovering how two great tastes taste great together. From the Reese’s Cup to putting some really good slaw on a pulled pork sandwich, we know the value of adding …
The concept of a grindcore guitar god is a little bit silly to me, considering the rawness and punk ethos involved in the style overall… but then again, this is a sub-genre built on the …
Kia ora, crüe. I recommend gathering a few provisions before starting this month’s edition of ICWT. I’ve gone long-form (real long), and I’d strongly advise you to stock up on food and water if you …
If I were the kind of person who felt the need to justify what I write about on this particular website to some imaginary naysaying ombudsman, then covering the second album from Edmonton, Alberta’s Home …
