HARDCORE-PUNK. A pro-made cassette by VICIOUS BRICKS, a hardcore-punk band from Florida. Maniacal vocals, very distorted guitar and bass. Music similar to early hardcore bands like NEGATIVE APPROACH, YDI and SSD but with the vocals and production of bands like DISCHARGE or DISCLOSE.
ALTERNATIVE-ROCK. It's hard to believe that after 25 years of squalling guitar rock with DINOSAUR JR and a slew of other bands, J. Mascis is just now releasing his 1st proper solo album, and that it's a laid-back acoustic record. After listening to "several shades of why", it's even harder to believe he hasn't explored this format more often. His maximum rock 'n' roll six-string shredding morphs exceptionally well into this album's earthy, forlorn picking, and Mascis' lazy, stripped-bare backdrop of acoustic guitars and cellos and jingling tambourines is pure magic. Several guest musicians drop in to lend a hand on the album (including BAND OF HORSES, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, A SILVER MOUNT ZION, BLACK HEART PROCESSION etc.), but no one comes close to stealing the spotlight from the veteran Mascis on this affecting collection of solitary ballads.
SLUDGE-METAL/HARDCORE. "revelation: sick again" is classic BUZZOVEN, replete with blistering SABBATH-ian riffing, throat torn eulogies to the narcotically oppressed and monumental gutter dwelling dirges. Over the course of the album's 8 tracks, the untidy trio unfurl their tentacles reaching into the dim recesses of human existence to pull forth yet another grizzled portrait of life gone horribly wrong. Previously available only to bootleg diehards and internet trolls in inferior incarnations, this long lingering blackened gem has finally been disinterred for the world at large and properly presented in all its ragged filthy glory. LP includes a MP3 download card. 
Jack and the bearded fishermen son comenzando con ese nombre una banda atípica. Pese a las referencias al vello facial nos los imaginaríamos más haciendo folk indie que la mezcla de sludge, rock alternativo y stoner que practican. La banda bebe mucho de la estela de bandas como Torche, Kylesa y a su vez, de los referentes de estas bandas, pero tal vez la sorpresa la den destellos vocales poco aceptados en el género, melódicos que aunque no abundan, recuerdan a bandas de metal de las que triunfaban en los últimos 90.En "Scenario" ya nos sorprenden fusionando las guitarras y el tono oscuro de las bandas de la escena de Georgia con una voz y melodías más templadas, si bien la mezcla se decanta por esa oscuridad con tono psicodélico, más actual. En "Roam Until the End" continúa este fragil equilibrio, pues un riff triunfante se introduce en una canción de aires post-grunge y progresivos, también al borde del post-metal.
On the surface, Chicago’s the Poison Arrows sound cold and mechanical, exhibiting an almost robotic precision that’s damn well uncanny. But then you press your ear a little closer and things start to unravel. Harmonies peek their heads out from behind corners; melodies creep along slowly before bursting unexpectedly into view. Former Don Caballero bassist, Patrick Morris, anchors the music, his jarring, off-kilter bass lines coiling themselves around Adam Reach’s thunderous drums. Ex-Atombombpocketknife front man, Justin Sinkovich, provides the voice, his wiry guitar and abstract keyboards coloring the oftentimes bleak atmosphere with flashes of sonic radiance and bits of textural noise. It’s beguiling stuff, that rare breed of music that can lull you into a trance even as it’s punching you in the gut. This is indie rock for the thinking person — smart, decisive, calculating — but with an indomitable hardcore punk spirit raging at the center.
Standing at over 70 minutes, Newfound Resolutions can be an overwhelming listen. It’s dense, dark, difficult. But if you stand back and allow the details to seep in, let the album work its considerable magic on you, you’ll find that for all of its tension and tightly-wound intensity, there’s a whole lot of beauty to be discovered as well.
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Praise for Cloaca‘s Lassitude from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Lassitude is the very first release from the just launched UK label Lone Vigil, and is the debut of black industrial post metal doomlords Cloaca. Both the label and the band are fronted by Chris Naughton, he of doomsludge masters Atavist and neo pagan black metallers Winterfylleth, but Cloaca is a whole different beast than either of those two outfits, and while most descriptions peg Cloaca as ‘experimental industrial doom’, that might be a bit misleading.
Let’s keep this straight from the beginning: what you are about to hear on this record is not for everyone. So consider yourself as part of an elitist circle, whose main interface can be seen as a sonic rollercoaster ride into the deepest crypts of dedication. Challenging – this is what it is: the distance between white noise and and actually, music is a shorter track here than with, let’s name it, Supertramp. Or Barclay James Harvest. Or pop music. Or a bit more special: Indie Rock.
HARDCORE-PUNK. On their 3rd 7", Toronto, Canada's SCHOOL JERKS give up 6 tracks that still follow the same path as the other recordings of 1980/'81-influenced punk that crosses the line into hardcore (with some subtle rock influence), but has even grittier influences of early POISON IDEA flowing through the riffs.
PROGRESSIVE-METAL/HARDCORE. From the opening track you can tell "ressentiment" isn't your standard fare. Layers upon layers of prog-ish post-metal lead to full-blown stories being told in each song. The vocals and the music meld perfectly together here, with melancholy moments immediately flipping to angry walls of guitars and then to soothing melodies while clean singing co-mingles with angry growls. There's no doubt the album is an extremely challenging listen and you've to listen to it three times before being able to put your thoughts into the words. You'll get 13 songs of intense, technical instrumental metal.
POST-ROCK/EXPERIMENTAL/DRONE. The influences of Alicia Merz - the woman behind BIRDS OF PASSAGE are her memories, breathless-inspiring cold winds, the smell and atmosphere of a spring day, smoking cigarettes, sunshine and shadows. As a mixture of all these elements plus a minimalistic experimental instrumentation you can describe her music: sometimes shy, sometimes more energetic but always intensely and extremly private. Vinyl is limited to 300 pieces in 3 different colors, thick gatefold sleeves, 180gr vinyl, thick 36 pages booklet including the poem collection "garden of secret".
In 2009, Goes Cube astounded critics in the US and Europe with their debut full-length “Another Day Has Passed.” Publications cheered the abundance of riffs and aggression pummeling through thick atmosphere, dynamic shifts, and nostalgic nods to punk, noise-rock, and hardcore. It was enough to earn the record a spot on Decibel Magazine’s list of the 40 best albums in 2009. After touring (with the likes of Helmet, Intronaut, and East of the Wall) and an acclaimed EP in 2010, Goes Cube is poised to make 2011 their biggest year yet with their second full length album entitled “In Tides And Drifts.” While most bands become more polished, and more produced, Goes Cube did away with the sheen, and opted, instead, for pure rawness. And rather than get mired down in the trends that infect the ballooning metal scene, the band went with the simple philosophy of making their heavy heavier, fast faster, hooky hookier, and pretty prettier. Listeners will also find the gorgeous voice of acclaimed folk singer, Jaymay on two of the album’s songs. Her haunting melodies break hearts as the band behind her batters eardrums. After years of touring and recording some of the most eye-opening music, Goes Cube has proven themselves to be one of the most exciting and exhilarating bands in America. 
We have received an intriguing transmission after passing through a neutrino wave. We found there to be musical compositions encoded in subspace frequencies. Our lieutenant technician extracted these compositions and re-coded them in an aural frequency. They are now being studied by various institutions. It should also be noted that these compositions strongly resemble that of an early 21st-century composer, Parlamentarisk Sodomi, of the musical sub-genre "Grindcore". I present them to you for your own evaluation.
Rogelio es un tío activo y tiene una mente muy inquieta. Como alguien diría, es un “artista polifacético”. Dale un pincel, una guitarra, dale tu brazo, un papel, lo que quieras, este hombre es capaz de convertirlo en arte. Comics, ilustración, fanzines, tatuajes, carteles, Los Tracahombres, Aullido Atómico, ex Desguace. Tumba Swing es su nueva aventura, un proyecto que abarca la revista de historieta e ilustración y este proyecto musical de mono-banda donde el buen hombre nos despacha en este EP (su primera edición) 6 temas de rockandroll infectado de country, blues contaminado de punk dentro de un garaje sónico lleno de manchas de grasa en el suelo y olor avinagrado… y desde el fondo Rogelio dando gritos con su voz desgarrada.
Y a parte nos hace el diseño del disco, como en todas las ediciones de sus otras bandas (Trahahombres, Aullido Atómico)
En una época tan mala como la que vivimos (así, en general) donde los gurús de las tendencias se fijan en un subsuelo totalmente adulterado, donde la pose parece que es lo único que vale y la modernez da otra vuelta de tuerca al “coolismo” más mongol, aquí tenemos un tío con los pies en la tierra y las mangas subidas para pringarse con lo que sea. Y de Mislata tú!
