If ever there was a Denver troupe that portrayed utter timelessness and beauty, Bela Karoli holds the delicate, gilded crown. Influenced by aching poetry from the master wordsmith T.S. Eliot and the strung instruments that existed before his birth, along with memorable words from other legendary and the ironic use of modern musical twists, Furnished […]
Damn—and I thought the Botch re-release of their debut American Nervoso was heavy until Hydra Head decided it was time to lay waste to our ears again and re-release their second full length, We Are the Romans, the Deluxe Edition. And then I ask, “Why the fuck did this band breakup!” They simply blow other […]
Los Angeles based Eulogies has released their debut, self-titled album on Dangerbird Records, home to other indie darlings All Smiles and Darker My Love.
Ambient, rainy-day rockers His Name is Alive must have been meant to be reviewed on this rainy, rainy Monday.
At the onset, this sounds like a male Nico making music inspired by Ian Curtis: a love child with alternating manic and depressive tribulations, crooning angrily to his bloody valentine in an empty warehouse studio. It quickly also becomes clear that this guy really can’t sing, and we’re talking the Biz Markie of twee, here. […]
In this era of overblown consumerism, where we are bombarded with emails about the latest MP3 player we can get from Buy.com, unending commercials for clothes and fast food options, cars and electronic gear in all the magazine ads, and the myriad of bands and tours that stream through every major city in the country, […]
