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Night Club Offers The Perfect Soundtrack To The Times On Aptly Titled Scary World

Night Club is one of those bands that I felt I just missed the bus with. I received a press release for their most recent single in advance of some live dates with Combichrist and I’ll admit, I was intrigued. But I just missed the mark with coverage save for [...]

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Chuggernaut Bring “Regressive Metal” To The Masses On Ferocious Kodiak

Luckily, a band with a moniker as epic as “Chuggernaut” and an album called Kodiak sounds exactly as you’d expect: Fucking brutal! And they’re fucking local! And there’s a lot of fucking dudes named Dave in the band! And apparently they cause us to over curse. Oops? But I digress.

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The Appleyards Get Creepy And Kooky On Fantastical Phantasmagoria

The beauty of the local music scene, or any good music community for that matter, is that the artists that permeate an area will inevitably lead you to even more fantastic artists. Which brings us to The Appleyards, who recently opened for Carissa Johnson. I was at the show for [...]

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Death Kiss Showcase Volume 4: Birnam Wood

Birnam Wood! We’ve saved the best for last…or the last for last because, honestly, all the bands showcased at the Death Kiss show back in June were fucking tops!

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Blue October Traverse Trip-Hop/Electronica Soundscapes On Successfully Experimental I Hope You’re Okay

I’ll be honest, I never really followed Blue October. More honest? I never really tried to get into them either. I was aware of them, being a music nerd and someone who was in record store retail for ten plus years, but never really dug in. In conclusion, I know [...]

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Nopes Make Interesting, Compelling Rawk For 21st Century Short Attention Spans On Stapler

In the age of short attention spans, an album that runs nineteen tracks is long to say the least. But fear not, faithful reader! Would we mention a nineteen track album and short attention span in the same sentence if there wasn’t a catch?

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