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The Devil's Blood - The Time of No Time Evermore (Van)
Without playing for shock value, The Devil’s Blood weave a smoky cloak of cloven hoof and hook-driven rock ‘n’ roll.
18 June 2010Religious to Damn - Glass Prayer
While the sound Religious to Damn create has aural antecents in Cocteau Twins, Mazzy Star, Fleetwood Mac and their ilk, there’s a more nuanced narrative playing out in the music.
12 March 2010Revel Hotel - The Beating of the Wings
The Beating of the Wings is a rare breed of record, building a sonic bricolage from moody glam cabaret and early 80’s coldwave with an injection of Nine Inch Nails ire.
12 January 2010Cruel Black Dove - The Myth and the Sum
The Myth and The Sum showcases a mature electronic slink compelled by moments of abyssal depth and seductive ethereality.
18 December 2009Rykarda Parasol - For Blood and Wine
Rykarda Parasol’s dark, rich voice, weathered as if by tragedy and time, leaves you weeping and grinning til the end as she drags you through the dusty back alleys of Gothic Americana.
5 November 2009San Serac - Music Never Ends (Environ)
The idea of IDM is vague bordering on absurd, but when I first heard San Serac, somehow no label was more apt than Intelligent Dance Music.
14 August 2009The Opposite Sex - Live and Burn EP (Self-Released)
Washington D.C.‘s The Opposite Sex return with a dynamic EP, Live And Burn.
5 August 2009Telepathe: A Different Sort of Minimal Synth
A colorful Brooklyn duo with equal parts hip hop and synthpop apparent in their spartan beats are still very much of the moniker, ‘minimal synth’.
10 July 2009Her Virgins
For an ambitious, up-and-coming outfit, New York City’s Her Virgins are a typical anomaly, fusing dark pop with a glam aesthetic that runs the gamut from Clockwork Orange to rivethead chic.
25 May 2009Blacklist - Midnight of the Century (Wierd Records)
Blacklist’s medium is a message not only of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, but of geo-politics, socio-cultural dynamics, and revolt.
14 May 2009The Gypsy Genre
“It has become a huge topic lately. Everyone’s talking about what is gypsy music and who has the right to use it, so I think about it all the time.”
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