"Working Youth, Fucking Youth"

I never heard a single Sonic Youth song. But, music nerdism would get me into 'em, at some moment. It also helped they were very inluential on noise rock and, well, I love punk music. Also, their discography is all over the place, so it would be a very intersting journey (even if I disliked them)

Thank God, I heard 'em all and I enjoy much of what I listened, but I chose this debut to made a review. Not because it is my favorite, but the one who ... read more

"Bright Lights, Flashing Colors with a Dance Floor"

Here am I, praising a praised record again. But, I think "Remain in Light", from all the /mu/ essentials, is the album you can see why it's praise the most (in a very easy way). Because, at some degree, this album set several traits of pop and rock music we see nowadays, like, several.

This was a collective body of work. There are many different musical layers into every track off this album, you'll hear several different ... read more

Rage Music Pt. 3

Ken Carson became known on the mainstream music community with the album "X", called one of the worst albums of the year and the most empty rap records conceived

I didn't heard that record, but all the other rage stuff I've heard, I felt extremely bored. They all sound like a poor impression of Playboi Carti (as all of them were from Opium)

Times has changed, so did I. I checked this record 'cause I thought it'd be very funny, even if it ended being one of the ... read more

It's not for your boyfriend

I wouldn't make one of those band researches again but, in this case, I think I need 'cause that's probably the most underground band I've ever heard. But, listen, I swear it'll be a worth listen, especially if you enjoy punk music.

Bulimia is a brazilian hardcore punk group appearently originated from Brasília, DF (Distrito Federal, basically our capital). They seem to drink from the rispy, dirty d-beat formula started with Ratos de Porão, ... read more

Off the money

After the first Earl and Al's NFT incident, they decided releasing their collaboration on streaming services. Not to be just the same album, they decided to release with other songs. In fact, half of the songs on the original were cut down from this one.

However, it sounds just as good as the original. I love Earl's music, I enjoy things very easy and I can't see bad songs from my favorites artists (unless it's really fucking bad like Pink Cellphone but that's another genre and ... read more

Who are they?

The Armed has one of the most unique and intrigant lores of hardcore music. They are a unknown collective of artists who passed already 100 members, changing with every album. Nobody knows who's a member of the band and, on live performances, they often shift positions with each other, which make you don't know who's the vocalist, guitarist, bassist and drummer. Also, they often hire actors to play as members of the band so, sometimes, it's not even musicians on their shows. ... read more

Another installment on devil's catalog

From the golden age of death metal, Cannibal Corpse became the template for any death metal fan to tell a friend who doesn't know about the genre what it is about. Not by accident, they not just became a front-figure of the genre but one of most well-praised bands from it. Always brutal, visceral and aggressive, they managed to create a solid sound and fanbase over almost 35 years

Their debut record "Eaten Back to Life, released in 1990, " had ... read more

When the cover speaks everything you need to know

Dying Fetus has been on the death metal loop since the mid 90s and eventually became one of the legends of the genre, especially on the "brutal death metal" side as they've been always speaking at the most raw and uncensoured side of the genre, most likely to their contemporaries Cannibal Corpse

Different than CC, which had a more cinematic, aesthetic approach to their music, DF became known for their social-political commentary, ... read more

And the low-radar gem trophy of the month goes to

My knowlege about Real Bad Man was that "Killing Nothing" collaboration. It was kind of impressive with good ideas but didn't stand out as much as it could. I never heard a Blu song but I knew he was a beloved rapper off the underground with good projects on his belt "Bad News" ended up as one of the most impressive records of the underground rap lane and the overall year. It seemed they knew what they had to do, what would ... read more

No things such as eufemism

They have been on the loop since 2018 with the first EP "Sprain" and their debut record "As Lost Through Collision" in 2020. However, those projects are very much not that good of an exemple of what they're sounding here. Essentially, Sprain has been a "slowcore" band, in the ways of band such as Low. It just had this post-rock display that no other band were similar and it was so effectively done that it was the most intersting thing ... read more

Well, "Leaving the Light" set a very high standard for expectations but I wasn't expecting another "Smiling with No Teeth"

And yes, it ain't. So what? I don't give a shit, man, it's Genesis Owusu

"Struggler" is a extension of the more melodic side of Owusu, showed before on tracks such as "Waitin' on Ya" or "No Looking Back" but now on almost full display here

There ain't much rapping but it doesn't seems to be something that's lacking. He ... read more

Não, eu não tenho síndrome de vira lata. Eu faço review em inglês só pra chegar em mais gente (apesar de nunca chegar em ninguém, mas foda-se). Mas, como meus conterrâneos estão todos escrevendo sobre isso em português, eu vou fazer também.

Bixo, eu lembro de ter conhecido Jão nos meus 14 anos e, sendo sincero, eu gostava das músicas dele. Eu fazia muito o esteriótipo vivo do sadboy, então eu ... read more

Really?

I'm well aware that this website sees Mori Calliope's music as the biggest war crime against humanity since the Hiroshima and Nagazaki nuclear bombs. However, as anything loudly hated on this website, I knew I would find anything but a justifiable reason to hate her as much as some people do.

On my personal taste, it's a intersting EP that shifts a lot of genres and tries to bring them into Mori's world and aesthetic and it does a decent job at doing them. "Carousel" and ... read more

On the song "Show Me How", Dave Grohl’s daugther sings the phrase which I believe is the whole message of the album

"I'll take care of everything from now on"

In April 5th 1994, Dave Grohl’s band-mate and friend Kurt Cobain passed away at the age of 27 in Seattle due to struggles with mental health

In the midst of 2022, Foo Fighters’s long-time drummer and personal Dave Grohl’s friend Taylor Hawkins has suddenly passed away at the age of 50 also ... read more

There are such things that we wouldn't see happening without the existence of internet.

I had no idea what this person was before this record. I mean, I still don't know but, appearently, they used (or still is) an user from this site. They seem to be kicking out stuff for a few years on Bandcamp with getting some quite recognition through the community, but was nothing but some singles, EPs and collabs spread over the internet and streaming services

And this lead us to "Se Bueno", ... read more

The queen of modern pop and creator of plot twist strikes again

Carly Rae Jepsen comes with, appearently, the sister record to "The Loneliest Time", "The Loveliest Time". And it seems to be really falling on people’s love

She’s been dropping stuff since the mid-late 2000s. Her first proper release "Tug of War" was released in 2008 but she would just blow on the mainstream with the hit "Call Me Maybe" in the midst of 2012

I never thought CRJ ... read more

Do you know what swancore means? Neither do I.

Somehow, this term started to describe a certain niche of post-hardcore bands that was pushing polish mixing and high-pitched clean vocals to oblivion, similar to what Dance Gavin Dance was making when they blew up (and you can consider them the godfathers of this genre)

Hail the Sun suddenly became one of the major bands of the "swancore" label. They sounded like DGD at certain degree but they had their own approach, as all the other ... read more

These guys have been kicking out stuff for a while, back between 2015. Jesus Piece can be summarized as one of thoese bands recapturing the old, classic and rude metalcore from the late 90s and 2000s.

That being said, they didn't start breaking the minds right with their first released but, as their EPs and their first album "Only Self" were being released, you could see a band that started kinda amateurish slowly growing up and getting more nastier, more visceral.

And that bring us ... read more

Well, post-punk.

Have you listened to the debut records of the major post-punk revival bands from the mid 2000s, Arctic Monkeys or Bloc Party? You got the jazz fusion version of the style here.

Listen, don't be afraid. Imagine if those bands never dropped from post-punk and somehow reinvented themselves in a prog-post-esque way with atmospheric layers and powerful singing vocals and then, there you have.

In fact, Maruja got their own style to the genre. They're bringing back that raw math ... read more

I wouldn't say Johnny Booth completely avoids the formula, it has the breakdowns, it has cleaner passages mixed with unclean passages and everything you see from other metalcore groups. However, they have their own approach to the genre that, for me, it's way more hard-hitting than half of the genre usually drops.

It's way more noisier and in your face, the more hardcore-leaning tracks really feels like one 'cause they're just baffling in anger. About the melodic ones, I confess I had my ... read more