Genre can be a dodgy subject when it comes to the personal work of artistic human beings. There’s a sense in wh…
Broncho: a new hope?
It might just be my imagination, but it seems like rock is in a bad way these days. Anything with loud guitars and dr…
Godflesh a human experience
When a band can draw in fans from a day’s drive away, one would sincerely hope that the performance merits that…
The Melvins dial back the bizarro but rock as hard as ever
If you ask me, I’d say Venue is a little too sexy to host what is one of least sexy rock bands I can think of. …
Swervedriver transcend genres at the Biltmore Cabaret
Genre categories can often polarize people, especially musicians themselves and their listeners. While artists often …
Boris a Full-Body Experience
It takes more than raging guitars and squealing synthesizers to pierce through the piss- and beer-stained atmosphere …
Chelsea Wolfe Overpowers at the Electric Owl
Chelsea Wolfe has received significant critical attention for her recent albums, Apokalypsis (2011), Unknown Rooms: A…
The Cult of Classic Punk Breaks Up on Ex-Cult’s ‘Midnight Passenger’
The concept of “the classics” is unavoidable in virtually any artistic movement. Assigning to a work the …
Reznor’s Maturity and Production Skills Take Centre Stage on ‘Hesitation Marks’
It has been five years since the last Nine Inch Nails record, 2008’s The Slip, was released. The band’s principal mem…
Melvins’ Frontman Buzz Osborne Gets Hit By Drink Cup, Ends Show
The Melvins have been an entity for quite a while, having been a major influence on the late-’80s/early-’90s Seattle-…
Is Kinnie Starr’s ‘Kiss It’ a Miss or Pure Bliss?
Music as an art form has been associated with sexuality for a long time. Maybe it’s because listening to music is nec…
PAPA Swims in the Shallow End
As someone who loves to root for the underdog, I’ve always felt that there was an injustice in people showing up late…
