Review: The Great Explainer – The Way Things Swell (2010)
Jimmy Roxy is a composer/producer from Madison, Wisconsin. Ever since his dog died, the world has become a cruel, senseless place filled with hateful cats who feel the need to mark their territory in his closet. (Editor note: They made the adjective ‘uncanny’ to describe his ability to articulat
Review: Dessa – Castor, the Twin (2011)
What usually follows an album nowadays is something called a deluxe edition. The original plus added “incentives”, usually b-sides or live recordings haphazardly tacked on often as an afterthought as a way to revitalize interest in an album. To convince me to buy your deluxe edition, paying seve
Review: Joakim – Nothing Gold (2011)
Joakim came into my existence in 2008 through a ridiculous, quirky and addictive trip of a remix for Late of the Pier. Seven minutes long, it was an ambitious track with a subversive disco beat mixed in with razor guitars and a completely disjointed Sam Eastgate. Imagine the song tossed in
REVIEW: ED GEIN – BAD LUCK (2011)
Hope you’re in prime condition, circle pitters, because the Syracuse 5k is upon you. Ed Gein has returned from hiatus with their first album in six years and it’s 22 minutes of blistering hardcore at break neck speeds. So put some new insoles in your combat boots (or y
REVIEW: ICEAGE – NEW BRIGADE (2011)
Post-punk is indecipherable in my experience. It’s that bridge between punk and alternative (or grunge) where people were trying to break free from certain methodological constraints set by the 1970s to collapse upon something else. So revisiting it is like viewing a painter’s work-in-progress,
Review: The Atlas Moth – An Ache for the Distance (2011)
Today we welcome Steven Coffman, a Southern Atlantic nomad now holed up on the cusp of the Colorado mountains to Mezzic! Out there, he spends the days and nights “pairing various beers with technical metal, indie rock, and post-metal, just so long as it’s emotionally heavy or actually heavy.”
REVIEW: MÉLANIE LAURENT – EN T’ATTENDANT (2011)
Wind first came in bearing word of Mélanie Laurent‘s singing this spring during SXSW. Quite honestly the possibility of musical talent was far from mind given the Parisienne’s highly successful film career, which took off with Je vais bien, ne t’en fait pas and soared around th
Review: Fool’s Gold – Leave No Trace (2011)
Summer may be over but that doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy some mellow tunes. Leave No Trace, the most recent release from Los Angeles group, Fool’s Gold, is the perfect way to keep the summer going in September. The album opener, “The Dive”, actually seems to epitomize Fool’s G
Review: Fool’s Gold – Leave No Trace (2011)
Summer may be over but that doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy some mellow tunes. Leave No Trace, the most recent release from Los Angeles group, Fool’s Gold, is the perfect way to keep the summer going in September. The album opener, “The Dive”, actually seems to epitomize Fool’s G