Tag: Boris

Boris – Dear Review

Here is the real problem: you can use words to describe Boris’ music, but you are wrong when you do so. I can use phrases like “mixing the textured guitar work of Justin Broadrick meets

Boris – Attention Please Review

Japanese power(ful) trio Boris is one of those bands that is constantly accused of nonstop musical shape-shifting. While I’m more likely to identify these shifts as different ways of investigating the same basic aesthetic, it’s

Boris – Heavy Rocks II Review

Originally written by Jordan Campbell If you’re a Boris neophyte, there are a couple of things you need to know about Heavy Rocks straightaway: 1) By and large, it’s relatively heavy…and it occasionally rocks. 2) This is the second

Boris & Ian Astbury – BXI Review

When two recognizable names show up under the artist column with an ampersand wedged uncomfortably in between them, it means it’s time for a good ol’ collaborative effort. Japanese stoner-post-drone-all-over-the-place masters Boris are no strangers

Boris – Smile Review

Originally written by Brady Humbert. My first contender for a top ten album of the year: Boris’ Smile. Boris is an experimental post-rock outfit from Japan. The band is a mish-mash of styles, more or less lumped together to create

Sunn O))) & Boris – Altar Review

No other band in extreme music today garners the “love ‘em or hate ‘em” label more than Sunn O))). Regardless of whether or not you consider their achievements to be “real” doom, or even “real”

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Boris – Pink Review

At last Southern Lord rewards those who delay gratification with a domestic release of Pink, last year’s effort from Japan’s sonic changelings, Boris.  In addition to being easier to find and afford, this version boasts an impressive new artwork layout