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Pist.On Return Refreshed, Renewed, And Ready For What’s Next On Expanded Edition Of Cold World

The ballad of Pist.On according to RNRF: Everything old is new again, right? I first stumbled upon Brooklyn’s Pist.On while going to college in Boston. I was ending my first year in the Spring of 1996 which produced some mighty fine albums which, in turn, was cause for an especially [...]

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Death Bells Fly The Post-Punk Freak Flag Proudly On Stunning Third Outing Between Here & Everywhere

Post-whatever is our jam, okay? Sure, we tend to lean toward the heavier here but the music that made us who we are will forever be that mid-’80’s/early ’90’s Industrial and Post-Rock noise. So it always causes our black heart to flutter whenever we discover a current artist that’s proudly [...]

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Roseneath Keep The Riff factory Open For Business On Exquisitely Electric Shine

This one has been sitting in ye olde inbox for quite some time and we have to apologize for not bringing attention to the sounds of Roseneath sooner. But we’re here now along with Shine, the newest from Virginia’s own Roseneath.

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dropbear Bring The Loud And Lush Rawk On Vibrant Nu EP Spiralized

Dang, not to shit on “Bystander” (Which rules!) but that lead single in no way prepares the uninitiated for what’s to come on the rest of Spiralized, dropbear’s powerfully emotive debut EP. At all. Loud and luscious, the first collection of songs from the Boston quintet who feature in their [...]

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Chat Pile Unleash A Mighty Sonic Savagery On Noise Rawk Debut God’s Country

Imagine Godflesh and Helmet collided in the early ’90’s (Streetcleaner meets Menatime) and recorded the greatest Noise Metal record evah then subsequently forgot about it. Until now. In our minds, that’s kind of an apt round up of what you’ll hear when you dive into the debut from Oklahoma City’s [...]

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Motel Black Deal Out Elevated Excellence On Striking Debut Humor Balance

Diving into a record that’s virtually incomparable to current trends and artists is a refreshing yet tedious task because how will the people know what to expect? Will words be enough to entice when you can’t compare the record to something already readily known? The answer to all those conundrums [...]

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