We get a LOT of records on the daily and obviously we can’t review all of them so what we do choose is kind of our version of the cream of the crop. At the end of the year we pick the best of all that and sometimes, there’s still [...]
AlphaSix is quickly becoming one of those bands where just announcing something new compels us to start a draft without even hearing a note. And latest single “Abyssal Awakening” continues that trend with a furious slab of heady heaviness that should come with a warning to “Brace for impact” as [...]
This year is rife with under the radar albums for us that are most likely going to end up in a very weird end of the year best of list. And that’s just fine! It seems like every time we open the laptop lately we’re confronted by some forgotten favorite [...]
There’s a whole lot to love on Strange Beginnings, the debut full-length from Jennifer Tefft & The Strange produced by Bob St. John (Who worked on Medazzaland, one of our most favorite underrated Duran Duran outings among other highlights). It’s the stellar songwriting from Tefft, the all around musicianship of [...]
Since KMFDM doesn’t seem to collaborate anymore, Raymond Watts was all “Hold my beer…” (Second time we’ve typed that phrase recently and we are SORRY) and what fans get is a massive guest-filled opus that doesn’t at all take away from your regularly scheduled PIG listening experience. With Red Room, [...]
What would become CMBCRST, the newest full-length from the AggroTech progenitors of Combichrist, has made our most anticipated list 3 years in a row now starting in 2022 following the release of “Compliance” in 2021 so to say that this record is pretty high up on our 2024 releases would [...]