Papercuts – ‘You Can Have What You Want’ (2009)
Let’s face it, the Papercuts are/is Jason Quever, an artist who hands out lyrics that are occasionally decipherable, nearly always dealing with an internal depression of self-worth and...
The Baby Magic interview with Mary Beth Brennan
© C.B. Linsey The Talking Heads are alive and well. Oh, you hadn’t heard? Yeah, they retooled the whole scheme, got some balls and kicked shit into hyper-gear… ...
Slushy – ‘Pastime Gardens’ (2014)
I don’t exactly know how it’s possible for a band to sound so freakin’ punk and yet so poppy and surfy at the same time. Usually it leans...
Orpheus | Interview | Bruce Arnold
Orpheus is an American rock band originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, that enjoyed popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s, featuring lead singer/songwriter Bruce Arnold. They had two charted...
Kurt Vile – ‘God Is Saying This to You…’ (2009)
If anything, Kurt Vile’s 'God Is Saying This To You …' will instantly spark memories of the godfather of low-fi, John Fahey, and though more than half of...
Baby Jesus interview
Where do you even begin with the wild, psychotic, madness that is Baby Jesus? Walls of reverberating noise implode into themselves, fractured sounds and howled vocals decimating the...
Dissipated Face | Interview | “Fearless in exploring the better parts of free music”
'Live at CBGB 1986' is a long-buried document finally seeing daylight. Roaratorio Records unleashes these previously unheard recordings from the legendary NYC venue, capturing Dissipated Face at their...
Bass Drum Of Death – Rip This (2014) review
Bass Drum Of Death "Rip This" (Innovative Leisure Records, 2014) Over the past few years Bass Drum Of Death has transformed from a lo-fi home recording project into...
Bo Street Runners “Never Say Goodbye: The Complete Recordings 1964-1966” (2014) review
Bo Street Runners “Never Say Goodbye: The Complete Recordings 1964-1966” (RPM, 2014) A band given far too little attention during their brief lifespan (1963-1966), 2014 has seen efforts...
The Pink Tiles interview
With all of the Aussie music I hear people talking about here in the US, it’s predominantly seriously skuzzy, hardcore, lo-fi, brain damaging sludge punk, and don’t get...