FATHER JOHN MISTY CHARMS AUSTIN WITH FOLK GOD SET (SHOW REVIEW)
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FATHER JOHN MISTY CHARMS AUSTIN WITH FOLK GOD SET (SHOW REVIEW)

Joshua Tillman is the ‘hipster messiah’ who brings his eclectic indie folk to sold out shows around the world. Under the moniker Father John Misty Joshua has become a master of writing portentous songs that mix comedy, truth, and the mundane. For a musician that has been recording and gigging for nearly twenty years, with…

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…

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…