Tag: Avant-garde
Umulamahri – Learning The Secrets Of Acid Review
[Album artwork by fleshflies] If Conan The Sumerian had pursued The Secret of Acid in lieu of The Riddle of Steel, Conan The Barbarian would have been a very different film. Like, eat shit, Wheel …
Abhorrent Expanse – Enter The Misanthropocene Review
It is probably not interesting to you to know that each time I thought about starting this review, I wanted to start with the line “music is music” but my brain kept immediately jumping to …
Ava Mendoza / Gabby Fluke-Mogul / Carolina Pérez – Mama Killa Review
The thing about music is, it’s great. If you are not a certified music-enjoyer, this feels like a weird corner of the internet to inhabit, but you are welcome here either way. For the rest …
Sigh – I Saw The World’s End – Hangman’s Hymn MMXXV Review
So hey, what the hell, let’s kick things off today with an old chestnut: “Hegel says somewhere that, upon the stage of universal history, all great events and personalities reappear in one fashion or another. …
Neptunian Maximalism – Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu Review
In her book The Empathy Exams (2014), Leslie Jamison writes that “[e]mpathy isn’t just something that happens to us… it’s also a choice we make: to pay attention, to extend ourselves… Sometimes we care for …
Ritual Ascension – Profanation Of The Adamic Covenant Review
This isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned Ari Aster, nor will it be the last. The famed horror director, known for films like Hereditary and Midsommar, are refreshing in that they don’t necessarily rely on …
Best Of 2024 – Blizzard Of Jozzsh: Welcome To The Machine! Wait, What’s He Droning On About?
Sup, devils? Exactly one year ago, I published my extraterrestrial-themed end-of-year recap featuring a plethora of little anecdotes and assumptions about green or gray beings in superbly-advanced spaceships, navigating their way throughout the infinite universe(s). …
Thy Catafalque – XII: A Gyönyörü Álmok Ezután Jönnek Review
Front cover artwork by Dániel Szécsényi and Tamás Kátai The list of descriptors for Tamás Kátai’s Thy Catafalque is long and varied. Consult any online source, ask any fan, and you’ll be buried in any …