REVIEW: Hellbillys – Torture Garden (1995)
America, the birth place of Rockabilly music, was a slow adopter of Rockabilly’s European mutant spawn, Psychobilly. While it’s easy to cherry pick a few grotesque entries in the American Rockabilly canon, the real pioneers of American Psychobilly are often overlooked. On its 30th anniversary, we look back at the second full-length release by one…
REVIEW: Béton Armé – Second Souffle (2023)
The contemporary Oi scenes in both the anglo and francosphere have been churning out great work for a while now. If you’re looking to jump in or familiarize yourself with some staples, you need to check out Montreal’s Béton Armé.
REVIEW: Syndrome 81 – Désert Urbain (2015)
5 songs, 12~ minutes, no time wasters. The Brest, France Oi Punks Syndrome 81 delivered one of the tightest punk EPs I’ve heard in a while. If shimmering guitar melodies over a driving rhythm section pique your interest even remotely you won’t be disappointed. But if that sounds a bit slack let me assure you,…
REVIEW: Wind Burial – Debut EP (2013)
Do you like Fairport Convention? Rowland S. Howard? Windhand? Grouper? Chelsea Wolfe? If you said yes to any one of these, there’s a chance you’ll like this record. Hell, if you hate all but one of them you still ought to give it a listen. Released in 2013, Wind Burial’s debut EP blends dark Spaghetti…
REVIEW: Textbook Traitors – You Pull The Strings That Make Us Dance (2003)
You Pull The Strings That Make Us Dance is a catharsis to inner turmoil, a mouthful, and a great album by Textbook Traitors. 6 songs, 16 minutes, no skips. It’s got all the panic chords and agony one could hope for. Chaotic abrasiveness that ebbs and flows, inhaling and exhaling across verses and bridges as…
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