PROTOMARTYR BALANCE THOUGHT-PROVOKING SOUNDS AND CATHARTIC ROCK ON ‘RELATIVES IN DESCENT’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
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PROTOMARTYR BALANCE THOUGHT-PROVOKING SOUNDS AND CATHARTIC ROCK ON ‘RELATIVES IN DESCENT’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Protomartyr is a band anyone with a rock and roll backbone anyone can get behind. Formed by middle-aged music fans stewing in the ennui of working class Detroit, Protomartyr doesn’t hint towards being contrived or manicured to any degree. Rolling into their fourth album release, Relatives In Descent, the trademark Motor City grittiness can still be…

CHELSEA WOLFE OFFERS MORE DARK SEDUCTIVE COMPONENTS ON ‘HISS SPUN’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
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CHELSEA WOLFE OFFERS MORE DARK SEDUCTIVE COMPONENTS ON ‘HISS SPUN’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Our dark sorceress of winter has returned with her fifth official album, Hiss Spun. Chelsea Wolfe is a truly unique purveyor of gothic imagery and soul-baring songwriting that simultaneously rings the bell of impending doom. Hiss Spun was recorded in a studio in Salem, Massachusetts, where all that surrounded Chelsea was an ominous forest and, the deathly quiet fields of…

TENACIOUS D MIX BROTHERLY VIBES, ROCK AND ROLL, AND COMIC RELIEF IN AUSTIN (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
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TENACIOUS D MIX BROTHERLY VIBES, ROCK AND ROLL, AND COMIC RELIEF IN AUSTIN (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)

At a time when hurricanes are rapid-firing across the continent, nuclear war feels closer than ever before, and the news cycle spews a constant stream of vitriol, comic relief is a necessity to keep us sane. Tenacious D played Stubb’s on Wednesday night to a sold-out crowd that seemed to be clamoring to laugh together and blow off…

METZ ROCK WITH SPEED AND FERVOR ON NEAR-PERFECT ‘STRANGE PLACE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
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METZ ROCK WITH SPEED AND FERVOR ON NEAR-PERFECT ‘STRANGE PLACE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

It’s hard to believe that Strange Peace is only the third full-length record from the Canadian trio known as Metz. These noise rockers have been playing together since 2008 and have a live show that seemingly opens the space and time continuum with its intensity. Getting in the studio with legendary engineer Steve Albini pushes this album…