Lilly Hiatt – Trinity Lane LP
I must confess that I slept on Lilly Hiatt and her Trinity Lane LP when the album first arrived in my office. Regrettably, there…
Reviews
Green Day – Revolution Radio (LP)
Some smart aleck is going to say that this review is a bit late in coming (yes, Revolution Radio was released fourteen months ago)…
Paradise Lost – Host
Paradise Lost really have mutated to survive over the years. With their debut Lost Paradise, they had a sound inspired by Autopsy, Celtic Frost and…
Vulture Whale – Aluminium LP
Sometimes there’s just no way to mistake where a band comes from. In any given case, it might be the singer’s accent or tonality…
Looming – Seed
It’s only upon starting to listen to Seed that one realizes a female singer fronting an emo band is such a rarity. Why is that?…
The Texas Gentlemen – TX Jelly (LP)
It might not be so easy for readers to remember now, but TX Jelly – the debut LP by Texas Gentlemen – actually springs…
Thy Kingdom Slum – A History of Dissent *CANADIAN*
Man, “Century” by Lodown was probably one of my most-played songs back when I was on CKLN. This catchy, groovy, heavy rock number had…
Flipper – Generic Flipper (vinyl reissue)
In music, as is the case in chemistry, the most important element is the one that ultimately provides the catalyst which sets everything else…
Windhand / Satan’s Satyrs split
Although they offer very different takes on what you might file under doom, they’re both at the top of their game. Windhand and Satan’s…
Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards – Viking LP (reissue)
If the idea that a classic album is defined as ‘one which holds personal meaning for a listener’ can be taken as factual, then I can…