SLACKERLEE – TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2015
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SLACKERLEE – TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2015

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  1. Tame Impala – Currents https://slackerlee.com//2015/07/27/album-review-tame-impalas-currents/ “Let It Happen” 2. Deafheaven – The New Bermuda  https://slackerlee.com//2015/11/12/deafheaven-new-bermuda-album-review/ “Brought To Water” 3. Baroness – Purple   https://slackerlee.com//2015/12/29/baroness-break-down-metal-boundaries-with-purple-album-review/ “The Iron Bell” 4. HEALTH – Dark Magic  https://slackerlee.com//2015/10/29/1022/ “Dark Enough” 5. Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect https://slackerlee.com//2015/12/22/protomartyr-the-agent-intellect-album-review/ “Why Does It Shake?” Honorable Mention:  Grimes – Art Angels   “Flesh Without Blood”      

BARONESS BREAK DOWN METAL BOUNDARIES WITH ‘PURPLE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
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BARONESS BREAK DOWN METAL BOUNDARIES WITH ‘PURPLE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

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Rarely do we laud metal music with brilliant songwriting. That praise is typically reserved for more stripped down genres such as folk, country, or rock. Metal’s epithets typically include adjectives like powerful, intense, chaotic, or energetic. The discography of Baroness, including the newly released Purple album, however, shirks this preconception. Baroness are masters of song…

PROTOMARTYR – ‘THE AGENT INTELLECT’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
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PROTOMARTYR – ‘THE AGENT INTELLECT’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Byslackerlee

The Motor City rock sound ignited by the Stooges and MC5 is still alive and well as evidenced by the latest release from Detroit post-punkers, Protomartyr. Their third album, The Agent Intellect, descends into your psyche like a black cloud of angst, accompanied with sardonic quips and thinly-veiled rage.   The mood of the album is a…

BARONESS @ THE MOHAWK – AUSTIN,TX – 12/6/15 (SHOW REVIEW)
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BARONESS @ THE MOHAWK – AUSTIN,TX – 12/6/15 (SHOW REVIEW)

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By: SlackerLee  The average music fan goes to see live music for entertainment, and the explanation on why we pay money to see it doesn’t get any simpler than that. Yet, the ethos of why bands choose to play can be a wide spectrum of reasons and impulses. We conveniently assume musicians play because of the…