Tag: Noise

Pyrrhon – Growth Without End Review

Let us now praise famous formats: Friends, the EP is a beautiful thing. Whereas splits and 7″s are usually home for orphaned b-sides, and LPs often feel like an obligation, the necessary economy and visceral

Couch Slut – My Life As A Woman Review

Originally written by Chris Redar This year has seen its fair share of genre-defying noise. Tiger Flowers and Jar’d Loose both put out excellent albums that only remained tied to any kind of ‘extreme’ genre

American – Coping With Loss Review

“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.” ~ Mark ‘Don’t Call Me Marky’ Twain I have mostly missed the boat in terms of

PORD – Wild Review

originally written by Erik Highter Noise rock is back. Not that it ever went away, but it certainly fell out of vogue from its ’90s heyday. It was like you could be noise – pure,

Cardinal Wyrm – Black Hole Gods Review

On the surface, Oakland, CA’s Cardinal Wyrm is a doom band cut from a similar cloth as ye Finnish acts of olde (and not-so-olde): Songs that primarily embrace loooong, marbled Rev Biz and Spiritus Mortis

The Cutthroats 9 – Dissent Review

originally written by Erik Highter Most people thought that Unsane‘s reunion in 2003 was the end of The Cutthroats 9, but Chris Spencer, Will Carroll and Tony Baumesiter are back with the bluesy and blustering

Pyrrhon – The Mother Of Virtues Review

Being able to observe the entire evolution of a band is a rare privilege, but through my friendship to vocalist Doug Moore (of this site’s past and Invisible Oranges’ present), I’ve had exactly that ability

OvO – Abisso Review

Originally written by Chris Redar Experimental music has a tendency to be an ‘all-or-nothing’ proposition- not necessarily in the execution department, but as a final product. It’s either ridiculously engaging, or it’s simply ridiculous. A