As we start to move out of a post Covid world, it’s occurred to me that this site has somewhat languished. I’ve been running this site for quite sometime now. It’s been primarily used as a venue for my musical output. This will remain, but as EnD has been taking up most of my time … Read moreA quick note
This year has been another one for the books. Still in the midst of a pandemic. Stupid selfish people everywhere. Now a new variant that spreads quicker. Staying in all the time has gotten old, but this has been a good year for new music. It seems people being stuck indoors is really helping their … Read moreTop Ten Album list of 2021
This year has been a very extreme expression of both highs and lows. Since the beginning of the lock down I have bought a lot more music than I normally would. If I bought your record, I listened to it. Believe that. If I didn’t buy your record, it may still be on my purchase … Read moreTop 10 list for 2020
Fante’s Dust, their name liberally taken from a combination of the Los Angeles author John Fante’s name and his most famous book “Ask the Dust”, are a noise rock band working out of Germany. Their EP “Seconds” is a tightly packed little slab of noise sounding like a combination of a modernized version of late … Read moreFante’s Dust-Seconds
On first listen, one would think this was just another generic metal album. Personally I don’t tend to gravitate towards the cookie monster vocal set and I get really bored with paint by numbers metal acts. On this record all of the metal stereotypes are on display, but I think that’s the point, and dismissing … Read moreTemple of Void-Of Terror and the Supernatural
Buzz Rodeo is an Art Punk/Noise Rock Trio from Germany whose latest release “Sports” could easily fit in well on the Touch and Go label. This three piece wears its influences on its sleeves. Very familiar without being obvious. Elements of Man or Astroman, Shellac, and Arcwelder abound on “Sports”, simultaneously pointing back toward the … Read moreBuzz Rodeo – Sports
Kowloon Walled City’s “Grievances” is one I discovered through an NPR countdown of the 100 best metal records released in 2015 http://apps.npr.org/best-songs-2015/#. It was one of a handful on the list that grabbed my ear. I admit that I’ve lost my patience with most of what passes for metal these days, but curiosity got the … Read moreKowloon Walled City – Grievances
For the record this is not going to be a review of the album. That’s been done to death. What I want to write about is the relationship I have with this album. First released in 1986 when I was in high school, Slayers “Reign In Blood” hit me like a dead body from a … Read moreSlayer – Reign in Blood
Thelma’s “Hearing the Light” is one of several albums DJ Anomaly threw at me for Christmas. I knew nothing of the record or the artist going into it so I had no expectations short of it likely not sucking. He has impeccable taste. Thelema have been making music since the mid 90’s in Austria and their … Read moreThelema – Hearing the Light
I Shall Die Here is the fourth studio album by American sludge metal band The Body. Released on April 1, 2014 through RVNG Intl. record label, the album was produced by British electronic musician The Haxan Cloak. It’s rare sometimes that a recording comes along that won’t allow you to skip tracks. This is one … Read moreThe Body-I Shall Die Here