Inda

Someone said this bands vocalist sounds like Robert Smith and that statement was so absurd that I had to give their debut album a listen. It’s not bad, however it feels very empty. There’s a monotony to everything from the instrumental to the singing that causes everything to combine into one 25 minute long indie rock blur. Nothing really stands out or stays interesting longer than the brief moment when a new sound or idea is introduced. This doesn’t make this a terrible ... read more

Kikuo Miku 7 is Kikuo at the peak of their coherence and confidence in production ability and it shows. Every song is full of instrumental depth and creative ideas that never overstay their welcome. My biggest gripes with earlier Kikuo releases was how quickly they all became mundane after the first few songs with only a few albums reawakening at the end, but it is simply not the case with this record. I have great respect for Kikuo's ability to constantly come up with new and infectious ... read more

The mystery, the excitement, the unknown, the anticipation of what is to come, this is the power of Swans. It is unrelenting, unforgiving, and brutal to the listeners will as Gira forces his own interpretation of what music even is onto your senses. Listening to Swans requires the choice that you are willing to go on the journey that Gira's vision has laid out. Only then does the beauty behind the dense, atmospheric, and mind-bending tracks find fruition, but it's still a choice. ... read more

Raw, unique, passionate, and bewildering.

This is a random little album I stumbled across after a conversation about "verb the noun" named metal bands with some friends. When looking for some examples, I thought it would be funny to see if a band just called Verb the Noun existed... and wow is there quite a few. This band was my first find and it might be my favorite personal musical discovery. This is a very indie emo album with some muddled mixing and production, but the sheer ... read more