It’s really interesting how the latest album from Fire-Toolz manages to weave together two emotional extremes into an honest catharsis. Rainbow Bridge strings together smooth jazz, metal vocals and the aesthetics of vaporwave to express Angel Marcloid’s emotional rollercoaster. She recently went through tragedy when her pet cat and muse Breakfast passed away. On one […]
Weeping Icon – Weeping Icon
Take out your Hazmat suits, as the self-titled debut from Brooklyn’s Weeping Icon is filled to the brim with vile acid that spits on social media culture, unfair power dynamics and a slew of other issues in our socio political climate. The band combines thrash-y punk, noise rock and a pinch of shoegaze, with the […]
Dumb Waiter – Tsk
Describing the latest album from Richmond, Virginia’s Dumb Waiter might be a futile exercise, like trying to explain how Cthulhu looks like to a blind man. But I will try my best, since noise and experimental rock doesn’t really paint a vivid picture, and this album has that in spades. Layers of vivid imagery are […]
Shell of a Shell – Away Team
Away Team is the latest album from Nashville indie quartet Shell of a shell. This album is rife with tension, a very personal experience that’s built on depression and loneliness. You can hear it clearly on Chappy Hull’s strained vocals, as he seldom gets a moment of reprieve in this record, where everything is sung […]
Peel Dream Magazine – Agitprop Alterna
Peel Dream Magazine is the brainchild of New York based composer Joe Stevens. It features indie pop and shoegaze that’s heavily influenced by Stereolab and My Bloody Valentine, with its 2018 debut Modern Music Meta Physic being mostly a solo endeavor. In its sophomore album however, Peel Dream Magazine takes a step forward. Stevens is […]
Toner – Silk Road
Silk Road is the second full length album and first studio venture for Oakland, CA based quartet Toner. Their sound has definitely hit its stride with this latest offering. Shades of glowing jangle are interspersed inside a wall distorted noise, with vocals carrying a laid-back, slacker vibe on the low end. The album follows bedroom […]