Teeth Of The Sea – Master (2013) review
Teeth Of The Sea “Master” (Rocket Recordings, 2013) Beat-driven, electronic techno mayhem abounds on Teeth of The Sea’s third album, from the motoric drumming and gristly, throbbing basslines...
Jeff Penczak
Shortwave Broadcaster – Everything You Do Is Deja-Vu (2013) review
Shortwave Broadcaster “Everything You Do Is Deja-Vu” (Saint Marie, 2013) Shortwave Broadcaster is the ambient solo project from Keith Canisius, one half of Danish shoegazers Rumskib. The name...
Montibus Communitas – Hacia Aquellos Bosques de Inmensidad (2013) review
Montibus Communitas “Hacia Aquellos Bosques de Inmensidad” (Trouble In Mind, 2013) This third release from the Peruvian spiritual collective (roughly translated as Mountain Community) continues to deliver deeply...
Lantern – Rock n Roll Rorschach (2013) review
Lantern “Rock n Roll Rorschach” (Cardinal Fuzz, 2013) Emily Robb’s banshee-wailing vocals spit lightning bolts around Zachary Devereux Fairbrother’s snarly fuzz guitar pyrotechnics amidst gut-punching Iggy/Stooges influences (check...
Carta – The Faults Follow (2013) review
Carta “The Faults Follow” (Saint Marie, 2013) Following two well-received albums on Resonant and Silber, Carta join the Saint Marie family with more of their dark atmospherics. Vocals...
Drowner – You’re Beautiful, I Forgive You (2013) review
Drowner ‘You’re Beautiful, I Forgive You’ (Saint Marie, 2013) The debut full-length from this Houston quartet builds on their earlier EP to cement their place amongst the best...
Dream – Get Dreamy (1967) review
Dream “Get Dreamy” (Shadoks, 2013) Dream was a short lived Norwegian psychedelic pop band featuring legendary guitarist Terje Rypdal. They recorded their lone album for Polydor in 1967,...
Dead Sea Apes / Black Tempest – ‘Sun Behind The Sun’ (2013)
This collaboration between the Manchester instrumental trio Dead Sea Apes and Stephen Bradbury (aka Black Tempest) plays to both of their strengths in creating an intoxicating instrumental space...
Quttinirpaaq – ‘No Visitors’ (2013)
Austin’s aural equivalent of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre return from a four year absence with another mesmerizing collection of pants-shitting freakouts that stalk around the room like Skinny...
The Lone Crows – The Lone Crows (2013) review
The Lone Crows "The Lone Crows" (World In Sound, 2013) Debut album from Minneapolis quartet offers heavy metal thunder via nimble-fingered riffage, a tight rhythm section, and confident,...