And I'm shown, once again, that I know nothing. I'm a complete pawn, living on complete blindness. I had the audacity of doubting of the power of the Good God and, of course, I was a fool. However, God is gentle; They forgive their followers, bless them with wisdom and show them the true path of happiness
As the truth was revealed, out loud, I'm finally ready to say: SeeYouSpaceCowboy is the best band of all time. There's no competition anymore and anyone who's in the same scene better be ... read more
Last year, Armand Hammer dropped their sixth studio album "We Buy Diabetic Test Strips" and quickly became one of their most (if not, the most) recognizable record from the duo. Maybe for good marketing, maybe for notorious features (such as JPEGMAFIA, El-P and the encounter of almost all their regular collaborators, such as Moor Mother or Pink Siifu) or maybe for luck
And, funny enough, I didn't think it was a completely different Armand Hammer record. There were track names that ... read more
The attempt of mixing no wave with trap beats, made by a 70 years-old white lady pioneer of the former genre, results on a tracklist filled with mind-changing experiences of how to make everybody roll their eyes out, 'cause they can't believe a fucking ex-Sonic Youth member made an hip-hop record on par with your favorite release
That being said, Kim Gordon shows why she (and many other figures from noise rock) became symbols of foward-thinking music perspectives. They have no fear of dropping ... read more
For a band that started in 2021, that's a really unique personality. Though coming from one of the several bands from the critical successful post-punk revival, Yard Act came with a style of their own that left me soft-laughing and wanting to write something about them here
However, not that unique. They sound exactly you think a post-punk/dance-punk sounds like, especially with many exemples like Viagra Boys and Squid nowadays. Though not reinventing the wheel, they add a taste full-headed on ... read more
After 10 years away from the spotlight, Job for a Cowboy reunited for their fifth installment "Moon Healer". They were known for being one of the pioneers of modern deathcore sounding with their first EP "Doom" released in 2005. However, they drifted away from their original sound with each release, approaching a more technical/progressive death metal pallete
Though I can say I heard this name somewhere, I never actually knew about JFAC until I saw a Robert (The Metal ... read more
Most of rage music, for me, seems a bunch of mindless fun material to bump on wherever you at. Yeat comes back, after his first big well-received project "Afterlyfe" and, appearently, seems to finally make rage appealin' to people outside of the scene. It'll probably take some places in a few days
He's been puttin' out stuff for a while and became a famous figure on rage + forefront of the wave Playboi Carti's WLR and his labed started. I found him on his 2022 project ... read more
The "we're changing our style" Idles-era finally comes to a good place with this TANGK. They tried to do it with Crawler in 2021 but it felt a bit unfocused and still trying to hold their punk roots while puttin' new sounds that, in the end, felt kinda underwhelming (it's not a bad record tho)
If you thought they would come back with Brutalism-type song filled with rage and bulls (like me), you're over. The grooviest songs were already released as singles, all the rest here is as ... read more
Among all the new bands that emerge from the hardcore scene from time to time, these guys seem to be quite promising
The Lights Never Lie is essentially a revival of 90s emoviolence + riffs and occasional passages of metalcore.
And, on paper, that's kind of bizarre. Even though punk and metal go hand in hand, some cases need a lot of punk to work and this is one of them
And, indeed, the urgency is very present. There aren't many other projects that sound like this one and they really seem to ... read more
All right, life has its cycles, you have to end yours at some point. It's hard to let go of what you've spent so much time with (or assigned to), but at some point you have to do it
It's not very different from what Asian Glow has already released and, perhaps, goodbyes should be like that. No one has to leave on a red carpet, not everyone wants to. But, like most of AG's projects, it's a good listen
There are 9 tracks, very simple, why would you change a team that's winning? Not only do you ... read more
In the past, I would say that it is a very superficial criticism and that there are other things that approach these themes in a more critical and elaborate way. Nowadays, I still think the same thing
However, I've come to admire the following: Sometimes you just want to curse everything and fuck off. Sometimes, you need to be extremely direct and unfiltered because, if not, then you'll really go crazy.
That's Cancer Christ. An extremely political crossover thrash band that, on this album, ... read more
"The Son of a Preacher Who Never Bites His Togue"
Sounds KEN Mode, but passing through a lot of shit. It's extremly vile and they look like a cult, exactly how a sludge metal band should be, perfection. Felt obscure and dark and edgy, got my intersting. They won't be for everybody but, for those who are familiar with this sound, they're gon' eat this whole
So, unfortunaly, I don't have many things to say about this lyrically 'cause just "Shame" is avaliable on Genius ... read more
"Sleeping in Sunlight"
I see a brightly future on this new metalcore wave. It's such a unique, crazy and engaging fusion of both genres that are engaging on their roots, but especially metalcore, some bands started releasing paint-by-the-numbers projects that, though some were still enjoyable, left me wishing some extreme left-fied experimentation that wasn't happening
I don't know which upbriging "fallingwithscissors" holds, all I can say is that that fucking nailed the ... read more
In the back seat of my father's car, my brothers were listening to some music that was installed on his cell phone (which was an old Blackberry). I think it was 2010 or 2011, and there were several electronic songs that were a hit on the internet at the time, others not so much
There was one song that caught my attention, because my brothers seemed to like it a lot. I was the youngest and, when you're younger, everything your older brothers do seems cooler and more interesting. It was ... read more
"Sound About as Good as No Matter Where You Stand"
Ain't no other thought but how much this band holds from Weezer, but they didn't made stuff like We're All on Drugs (not yet, but still) so they are the next generation. Anyway, this sounds exactly as you think these genres they got labeled sound, so you know where you're going before you go
My secret is that I love almost all Weezer material (including the satanic ones) so, of course I'd like this. It is very chronically online ... read more
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said:—Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and ... read more
"Hurt People Hurt People and I'm Hurting Every Day"
Beside the sound, 'cause I love any sort of chaotic stuff, they're one of those bands that become known for the focused lyricism. Though mathcore bands always have been tight on their lyrics, their sound always was disturbed and unstoppable (in a good way) enough to steal the spolight
Ain't exactly different on this case 'cause the sound is also disturbed and unstoppable, but what if I could vent about your personal dramas into it? ... read more
"Dying for a God Made of Horse Shit"
Caught by the aesthetic, again, I turned on their first EP "Nothing Here Is Held Sacred" last year and I found really mean and gross and evil, sound of the devil type of music (and, of course, I fucking love it)
That being said, I can't deny I'd prefer more clean and raw record like Knocked Loose’s Laugh Track. So, I was in love but it was too moody for me to really loved it
However, things are always changing. What may sound ... read more
"I've Got No Brains"
This cover was so hard I really believed Green Day would come back just as the glory days and more outrageous than ever. Guess I should've been kept on my imagination
I didn't hate Father of All. In fact, I like the self-titled song. That being said, I don't remember shit about the rest and Green Day ain't really one of my favorite bands. But, well, Dookie was good and I enjoy some hits from American Idiot, why not give this one try? Might be what I ... read more
"[Instrumental]"
Remember the Kung Fu Panda 2 scene where Po reminds of his past while balance himself in the rainfall. It ain't new if you listened to the latest Cicada record dropped early this year, but still a different vibe. Good move, few will enjoy but stucking with what you really want to do is always the better option
There's no much to say about this album as it's not a completely complex experience with lots of ins and outs to be found in every track (but it is, indeed, ... read more