Swinging garage that proves mining the past can be catchy High Dive Records Every single song The Conquerors have turned out on their debut LP, Wyld Time, is a catchy, toe-tapping, hip-shaking bit of wonderful. After a year and a half of singles, we finally get a full-length from the rock ‘n’ roll...
Kansas City quartet proves punk rock can still have a heart Teenage Heart The Uncouth isn’t streetpunk the way you’ve come to expect. It’s not birthed from years of Dropkick Murphys, nor the latter ‘90s oi that was more akin to old school hardcore. The gang vocals and buzzsaw guitars let Jonesy’s...
‘Nightcomers’ a slightly scattered score to a forgotten film Silva Screen Records Using the image of a woman being strangled on your cover art is a bold move, especially when it’s for a score that plays more like classical music than Goblin or Fabio Frizzi. That’s not to say we’re...
Haunting LP finally sees light of day on vinyl – despite harrowing darkness Broken Circles Rustic Bullshit, the 2006 release from Michael Tolan/Talons’, ends with a sound bite of a “text flirting” hotline, presumably recorded out of a humming, ugly television. That field recording...
An Americana classic makes its vinyl debut. Oh Boy Records When In Spite of Ourselves was first released in 1999, it was pretty noteworthy, serving as John Prine’s first album since beating neck cancer. His voice is raspy and worn, if not a little battered by his battle and surgery, and so he’s paired...
Much anticipated ‘Twin Peaks’ pressing is a mixed bag…and that’s fine About a year ago, at MondoCon 2015, Death Waltz surprised a panel audience with the test pressing of their Twin Peaks soundtrack release, a surprise met with applause and likely, relief. You see, not only...
