Posted by Vuk Varicak on July 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Follow @hearwax Taking their name from a song by influential emo band, The Pine, Sore Eyelids play a pretty obvious blend of emo and shoegaze – not that there’s anything wrong about being obvious, especially since they dabble in both of these styles better than most modern bands take on one. My initial interest in [...]
Posted by Logan Broger on August 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Follow @hearwax Achenar – Super Death Explosion Kittens Achenar immediately bring the experimental noise of Hella to mind; their blend of spastic drumming, noisy electronics and sparse vocal stylings is reminiscent of an early, less-refined Zach Hill-driven group. So yes, Super Death Explosion Kittens sounds exactly like the title suggests. Don’t expect any rest from its insanity – [...]
Category Music, Reviews · Tags '90s Emo, '90s Indie, '90s Pop-Punk, 2011, Achenar, By Surprise, CellOut, Dinotrax, emo, Experimental, Glorie, Hella, Indie, Mountain Smashers, Music, Noise, Piebald, post hardcore, Rearranging Patterns, Review, Rock, Self-Titled, Super Death Explosion Kittens, Superchunk, Superstar Prototype
Posted by Nick Gergesha on April 16, 2011 · 1 Comment
Follow @hearwax Emo is characterized by a series of peaks and valleys. The forebears of the style (genre, sound, conventions, what have you) experimented with a quiet to loud aesthetic that commingled expressive, nearly whispered passages with bursts of passion and, in some instances, violent chaos. I’m reminded of the template set by Indian Summer [...]
