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Ion Dissonance – Cursed
In 2003, Ion Dissonance came out with their first album, entitled Breathing Is Irrelevant, and it caught a lot of people’s attention. It was noisy and abrasive, it was technical, and it had intelligent lyrics …
In 2003, Ion Dissonance came out with their first album, entitled Breathing Is Irrelevant, and it caught a lot of people’s attention. It was noisy and abrasive, it was technical, and it had intelligent lyrics …
Amanda Palmer – Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on Her Magical Ukulele
Much like the ill-fated ALF from late-1980s era of sitcom television, Amanda Palmer is back – though, not in Pog form, most certainly not in pog-form. While many may know Amanda Palmer as the goth/punk …
Much like the ill-fated ALF from late-1980s era of sitcom television, Amanda Palmer is back – though, not in Pog form, most certainly not in pog-form. While many may know Amanda Palmer as the goth/punk …
Decrepit Birth – Polarity
Typical of most formal U-turns, Decrepit Birth‘s listenership often divides between premier full length …And Time Begins and the sophomore (but hardly sophomoric) Diminishing Between Worlds. The latter is the superior disc, though not necessarily …
Typical of most formal U-turns, Decrepit Birth‘s listenership often divides between premier full length …And Time Begins and the sophomore (but hardly sophomoric) Diminishing Between Worlds. The latter is the superior disc, though not necessarily …
Coming Full Circle: How Hip-Hop Culture Has Become Its Own Worst Enemy
In 1994, rapper Common released a song entitled “I Used to Love H.E.R.” (H.E.R. meaning Hearing Every Rhyme), in which he blamed the degradation of hip hop on west coast gangsta rap, and compared it …
In 1994, rapper Common released a song entitled “I Used to Love H.E.R.” (H.E.R. meaning Hearing Every Rhyme), in which he blamed the degradation of hip hop on west coast gangsta rap, and compared it …
Review Roundup: Campaign, Chalk Talk, Handguns, and I Call Fives
Campaign – It Likes to Party
Pseudo-Hot Water Music acts have been plentiful in the past few years, so naturally, a lot of bands have dabbled with different takes on the Florida natives’ emo-infused punk …
Campaign – It Likes to Party
Pseudo-Hot Water Music acts have been plentiful in the past few years, so naturally, a lot of bands have dabbled with different takes on the Florida natives’ emo-infused punk …
Pull List 7/18/10
Batman: The Odyssey #1 (DC Comics)
Neal Adams (writer and artist).
So, here’s a quick history lesson for all you amateur Batmanologists out there. In the early 1970s, artist Neal Adams and writer Dennis O’Neil were instrumental …
Batman: The Odyssey #1 (DC Comics)
Neal Adams (writer and artist).
So, here’s a quick history lesson for all you amateur Batmanologists out there. In the early 1970s, artist Neal Adams and writer Dennis O’Neil were instrumental …
Transmissions: The Starkweather Interview
Starkweather are of a diametrical nature. The band has stood on its own for over twenty years, a flagship of the methods in which disparate genres of music can be incorporated creatively into a cohesive …
Starkweather are of a diametrical nature. The band has stood on its own for over twenty years, a flagship of the methods in which disparate genres of music can be incorporated creatively into a cohesive …
Seahaven – Ghost
Seahaven‘s Ghost EP is difficult to review and critique. This isn’t meant in terms of quality (it is mighty good, but by no means perfect), but rather in each individual track carrying traits of other …
Seahaven‘s Ghost EP is difficult to review and critique. This isn’t meant in terms of quality (it is mighty good, but by no means perfect), but rather in each individual track carrying traits of other …
Iron Man 101: Who He Is and Why He’s Awesome
The Summer of 2010 is a good time to be a fan of Marvel’s Armoured Avenger. The movie “Iron Man 2″ is currently tearing up the box-office, pleasing critics and viewers alike. On the printed page, Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca’s Invincible Iron Man is consistently one of Marvel’s best monthly comics, and Iron Man stands front and centre in Marvel’s hottest new title, the relaunched fourth volume of The Avengers. Starkamania is running wild, but what is it about the man in the red and gold armour that so captures fans’ imaginations? In a comic book world of gods, monsters and mutants, radioactive spider bite victims and Hitler-punching patriots, what makes a guy in a souped up tin can stand out?
The Summer of 2010 is a good time to be a fan of Marvel’s Armoured Avenger. The movie “Iron Man 2″ is currently tearing up the box-office, pleasing critics and viewers alike. On the printed page, Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca’s Invincible Iron Man is consistently one of Marvel’s best monthly comics, and Iron Man stands front and centre in Marvel’s hottest new title, the relaunched fourth volume of The Avengers. Starkamania is running wild, but what is it about the man in the red and gold armour that so captures fans’ imaginations? In a comic book world of gods, monsters and mutants, radioactive spider bite victims and Hitler-punching patriots, what makes a guy in a souped up tin can stand out?
Narrows/Heiress – Split EP
I love being able to listen to a record and have no expectations for it whatsoever and be pleasantly surprised. I’ll admit it; I wasn’t psyching myself up for this split. I like Narrows and …
I love being able to listen to a record and have no expectations for it whatsoever and be pleasantly surprised. I’ll admit it; I wasn’t psyching myself up for this split. I like Narrows and … 
