If you don’t yet know the Pacific Northwest band Solicitor, now’s as good a time as any to become apprised. They’re a crushing speed metal band that exudes badassery with a vicious attack that stands out in a genre becoming … Continue reading DEBTS PAID: A Conversation With Solicitor’s Amy Lee Carlson
It’s been a long wait for Reignwolf’s Hear Me Out to finally materialize. Even though it’s Reignwolf’s debut album, the band has been active for the better part of a decade by now. They’ve been steadily gaining a following every … Continue reading FEATURE REVIEW: REIGNWOLF – ‘Hear Me Out’
Unfortunately, I didn’t happen upon King Dude until he released ‘Songs of Flesh & Blood – In The Key of Light’ in 2015. The music’s heavy mood, along with the monotonic delivery of his ominous baritone and his penchant for … Continue reading FEATURE REVIEW: KING DUDE – ‘Songs To Make War To’
I remember first hearing about Seattle’s Zeke while I was watching the Nick Broomfield documentary about Kurt Cobain’s death, he [Broomfield] referred to Zeke, along with the Dwarves, as some of the more violent bands on the scene. I really wanted to check them out immediately but, at the time, I was on dial-up working with an inferior 14.4k modem in a faster paced 28.8k world. Consequently, there was still relative mystery to a lot of things that remained out of reach if you couldn’t spring for that extra 14.4k. That’s not to mention that streaming was essentially nonexistent at … Continue reading FEATURE INTERVIEW: ZEKE’s ‘Blind’ Marky Felchtone
Selene Vigil released That Was Then, her solo debut, back in 2010. Seven years later, in the fall of 2017, she returns with her sophomore effort, Tough Dance. Her solo work is something far apart from what she did with her seminal band 7 Year Bitch. There is, however, a fundamental intensity and severity that remains with her, in her music. Tough Dance has the atmosphere of an intimate setting. For all of the intensity the songs have, Selene’s performance on the album feels personal. Opening the record up with the strut and stewing ire of “Sha La La,” she … Continue reading FEATURE REVIEW: SELENE VIGIL – ‘Tough Dance’
Prior to hearing “Despierata” back in 2016 I wasn’t aware of Filthy Friends (a drawback of small town American living). It was a curious surprise, their contribution to the anti-Trump project ‘30 Songs For 30 Days’, the “Any Kind of … Continue reading FEATURE REVIEW: FILTHY FRIENDS – ‘Invitation’
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