Tag: 20 Buck Spin

  • Brainoil – Death of this Dry Season

    All in all, this is a solid sludge album (EP?) best suited to those who lean a little more towards the death metal side of things.

  • Jay Gorania’s SXSW 2010 – Part 2

    The Endless Blockade took over with an electronic-noise enhanced set that was a bit more varied, and was arguably even more unrelenting. Their singer constantly confronted the crowd, moving as deep into the sweaty mass as he could. Keep in mind, there wasn’t much floor space to work with, and there was no stage. Just…

  • Into the crawlspace with THE WHITE MICE

    Like the rodents they are named after, The White Mice are an elusive target. Here are the known facts; the band is from Providence, R.I. They released the wonderfully twisted Ganjahovadose via 20 Buck Spin last year. They’ve recorded a slew of splits and EPs with titles like Mouse of Mendes and Do They Know…

  • Laudanum: The Coronation

    The sophomore release from Oakland-based Laudanum is a fragmented collection of ambient doom-ish noise that only adequately reveals the band’s self-proclaimed “blackened instrument damage” when it’s listened to as a whole.

  • Nadja / Black Boned Angel: s/t

    Even with all the feedback, distortion and weird sounds this is an album that anyone interested in droning, ambient sounding metal should have a listen to.