Bandcamp Friday Special Including music from,Graveyard Violet @graveyardviolet.bsky.social, Counting Cards @countingcardsmusic.bsky.social and Cult of Wedge @cultofwedge.bsky.social Jormungandr by Counting Cards Counting Cards’ ‘Jormungandr’ kicks you straight in the teeth with an anthemic blast of Punkrock that sounds like Rise Against listened to one too many Danzig albums. And it sets the tone perfectly for an […]
Are We Damned? by Goat Farm Goat Farm. Ethereal stoner doom from Rochester, New York Every so often an album does something unexpected. You go in thinking it’s going to be one thing and even though it does that thing very well, it also introduces other things that elevate it above. Are We Damned? is […]
Headwaters by J.M. Hart J.M. Hart has been writing songs for over 30 years. A family-man & avid record collector, after previously collaborating with other performing artists, he began recording his own material in 2020. He’s since begun performing live & has released 5 albums of original songs. It took me a few tracks to figure out […]
Spectrum by Am I in Trouble? @amiintrouble.bsky.social Spectrum is the debut album by Am I in Trouble?, an erratic journey through colorful black corners of metal. A love-letter to the eclecticism and experimentation displayed in the early-to-mid 2000s avant-garde black metal explosion. The hardest part of writing about “Spectrum” is not to use too many […]
Feature Friday and Bandcamp Friday 04-09-26 Featuring: Stuffy Doll, Burial Grid, Penelope Trappes, Plague Relic and Never the Bridle A Requiem by Penelope Trappes @penelopetrappes.bsky.social I love intense music, that should not be a surprise to anyone. Sometimes, this intensity can take unusual forms, however. My pick this week, Penelope Trappes’ “A Requiem”, is definitively […]
a vile sickness dwells in tacoma by odd person a vile sickness dwells in Tacoma by odd person spring is the radiant awakening. summer is the fire of spirit. autumn is the wretched decay. winter is the boundless ethereal. Haunting and hypnotic synthesis of minimal beats, sound design and atmospherics into something that sounds the way […]
We Are Not There But We Are Here by SHOPFIRES Some albums are made to dazzle. Others, like “We Are Not There But We Are Here”, seem to simply exist quietly, honestly, and deeply, as if they’ve always been with you. Shopfires, the recording project of British songwriter Neil Hill, returns with a collection that’s […]
No Need To Be Lonely by gladie For anyone thinking hook-filled, roughly-sung, emotional alt rock is only for the young, Philadelphia band Gladie is here to prove that maturity can be punk as hell. On No Need to Be Lonely, the duo plays loud, energetic songs about growing older, questioning what you’ve learned and reaching […]
#FeatureFriday Bandcamp Friday Special 06/08/26 Including music from: Martin A Parker(@martinaparker.bsky.social), Hawaiiworms(@hawaiiworms.bsky.social), Prairiewolf(@tylerwilcox.bsky.social) and Celseigh(@miotaltrom666.bsky.social) Left of everything – Martin A Parker Left of everything by Martin A Parker Sometimes mutuals on social media hold the biggest surprises. Especially when you only know them superficially from said social media. Pretty recently I started getting followed […]
the seventh gate by Elly Kace “The 7th gate is a tender and fierce admission of my own mysticism. My last record explored grief spaces from a fresh pain perspective. This album leans into the light, the truth that nothing is destroyed or created, and the liminal space I find myself occupying when the veil […]
enough is a myth by Everson Poe A dramatic piano piece accompanied with some moody operatic vocals opens up Everson Poe’s ‘Enough is a Myth’ and suffice to say it immediately sets the tone for the rest of the album. TLDR? It’s Gothic-tinged Doom metal. If this made you go ‘ooohhhh’, get on it right […]
Saint Elizabeth by ella guro Saint Elizabeth by @ellaguro.bsky.social FeatureFriday: ella guro – Saint Elixabeth I reviewed ella guro’s Saint Elizabeth for Other People’s Music this past March. It jumped out at me then for its weird, fuzzy and scuzzy take on art pop, and I’ve found myself returning to it ever since. Deeper turns […]
Angst by MONO/XYD Angst by MONO/XYD The Bremen (Germany) based duo MONO/XYD wraps their deeply personal and feminist themes in modern dark wave – somewhere between EBM and dark pop – a sound that defies easy categorisation. Alongside their music, the duo’s feminist and political stance is very important to them, which is also reflected in […]
The World Is Not Good Enough by Sean Solomon The World Is Not Good Enough by Sean Solomon(@foreversean.bsky.social) About five years ago, the movie theater chain AMC started running ads where the actress Nicole Kidman praises the moviegoing experience with the now-iconic line, “Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this.” The idea that […]
Wendy Eisenberg by Wendy Eisenberg Wendy Eisenberg is an improviser and songwriter who uses guitar, pedals, the tenor banjo, the computer, the synthesizer and the voice. Frequent readers of our ‘Feature Friday’ reviews might have noticed already but I’m quite partial to some Folk Music, Country as well even as of late. There’s something about […]
The Speed of Time by phoneswithchords The Speed of Time by phoneswithchords “Bedroom Pop” has long been used semi-derisively to describe artists who record music at home. The argument, purists say, is that the Beatles could’ve never recorded The White Album with a single SM57 and a Focusrite Scarlett. I think by now most people […]
Hand and Hammer by Ginger Doss Hand and Hammer by Ginger Doss This organic release of April 2010 features some of Ginger’s most celebrated songs (Four Directions and Come Down, to name a few!). These favorites have been revisited with a special emphasis on capturing them with the intimate tribal feel as they are performed with […]
Restart Game by we broke the weather Restart Game by we broke the weather “Two years after releasing their self-titled debut album, Boston “garage prog” five-piece we broke the weather sit in a place far above what they imagined when they began jamming in a basement as strangers with no musical agenda in 2018. Critics and […]
Song-A-Day by Dokpetra Song-A-Day by Dokpetra An album where each song was written, recorded and produced in 24 hours or less. Created April-May 2024. Imagine the challenge of a song a day? Written and recorded. In a day? Throw in a healthy sense of humor, a natural talent for melody and a childlike playfulness. What you […]
UNRAVELLED: The Elegies by JJ Lovegrove UNRAVELLED: The Elegies by JJ Lovegrove I’ve said before, that there is something incredibly appealing about JJ Lovegrove’s music that I can’t really describe. But I’ll try nonetheless! One thing that stands out about this EP, is that there is an escalation happening over the course of the runtime; […]