Five Songs, 3/26/2022
The Aislers Set, "Chicago New York" No, this isn't some Belle & Sebastian tribute band. Chicago's Aislers Set do play pop very much in that vein, uh, obviously. But there's more variation on this album than this...
The Aislers Set, "Chicago New York" No, this isn't some Belle & Sebastian tribute band. Chicago's Aislers Set do play pop very much in that vein, uh, obviously. But there's more variation on this album than this...
H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, "If I Were A Deep One" The arc popularity of Lovecraft's writing has been kind of an interesting one to watch. When I was a kid, Lovecraft was largely unknown outside of only a handful of...
The Hidden Cameras, "Fear Is On" This is far, far too twee. I want to knock the books out of this song's hands and then stuff it into a locker. Destroyer, "An Actor's Revenge" Your Blues is...
NoMeansNo, "Forget Your Life" NoMeansNo mostly played super dextrous, complicated hardcore, but they were capable of slowing down the tempo for pounding tunes like this one. It's the doom metal equivalent of hardcore. Doomcore? A quick search suggests that doomcore is...
METZ, "Drained Lake" There's a relentlessness in this kind of noise rock, where the songs specialize in a propulsive beat that just keeps chainsawing ahead regardless of what else is going on. I've compared the sound to a malfuntioning...