Tag: Papangu
Papangu – Lampião Rei Review
Cover artwork by Eduardo Ver Papangu’s debut album, Holoceno, was a resounding success in 2021, even making that year’s Last Rites Combined Staff Top 25. Four longtime friends from João Pessoa, Brazil, had somehow found …
Last Rites Presents: Our Most Anticipated Albums Of 2024, Part 2
Welcome back to our look forward to some of our most anticipated albums of 2024. If you missed Part 1 on Monday, it’s right here. Part 3 will be available for your hungry eyes on …
Best of 2022 – Spencer Hotz: Wait, Why Did I Come In Here?
GRINDCORE, FROM SOFT, MARRIAGE…SQUIRREL!!! As I sat here staring at the screen, trying to think of some sort of unifying theme for 2022, I pondered what took place throughout these past 12 months. I survived …
Staff Infections – March 2022
Welcome, friends, to the March 2022 edition of Staff infections, your monthly glimpse into the listening habits of your pals here at Last Rites. Last month I expressed my hope that Vladimir Putin’s threatened invasion …
Best of 2021 – Chris C: It’s Been A Year
This has been a strange year in music. Blood Incantation announced their hour-long, ambient Century Media debut. Andi Deris proved the best bobbing head on the new and remarkable Helloween hydra. Melodic black metal not …
Best of 2021 – Lone Watie: It Helps To Know What You Got
When I sat down to work out an introduction to my best of list, I already had a long, loud list in my head of grievances and shames and laments. They’re certainly valid, most of …
Best Of 2021 – Last Rites Combined Staff Top 25
Is it the human compulsion to list that truly sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom? Until someone comes across a crudely scratched out “Top 20 Most Embarrassing Things Heard During Morning …