Stepping Into The Dura Plane : Jakob Skott Talks ‘Instrumentality’ And The Road To It

Ever since his first solo album Doppler back in 2012, Jakob Skott has remained ever-moving and ever-creative. Whether he’s laying down the serious grooves behind the drums in Causa Sui, working out synth/drum workouts on his own records, designing album art for El Paraiso Records album releases, or co-running the label he started with longtime […]

Kanaan’s “The Groke” Is All The Dirge You Need Today

Photo by Gry Dahl The newest single from Norway’s power trio Kanaan is a message. A message to all that enter be ready to have your mind blown and your face melted. Molten blues and doomed soul permeate the groove and swing of this slow-churning bruiser. El Paraiso Records newest addition to their roster keeps […]

Killer Record : Obsession Turns Deadly On Graham Reznick’s New Shudder Series ‘Deadwax’

Graham Reznick works in sound. Sound design, sound editing, sound mixing, and generally making sound in film as engaging as he can. His IMDb page is long and filled with a who’s who of independent film gold, including working with childhood friend Ti West several times as well as names like Joe Begos(The Mind’s Eye), […]

Stan Lee : 1922-2018

I grew up a kid that was sick a lot. At one point our family doctor told my mom that he thought I had Leukemia due to how often I’d been sick in my relatively short life of 4 years. My mom insisted he check me for allergies, so as to “humor” her he did […]

The Beatles : White Album Super Deluxe Edition(2018 Mix)

When I think of The White Album two songs stick out: “Back In The USSR” and “Piggies”. Yes, there’s far more relevant tracks, but these two have very specific meaning for me. “Back In The USSR” was my favorite Beatles song as a little kid and I’d always ask my mom to put it on […]

…And Justice For All : 30 Years On

…And Justice For All was both Metallica’s shining achievement and also the straw that broke the band’s back. It was their most intricate, complicated, and progressive album of music, but also their most stunted collection of tunes. If the record had a face, it would be frozen in a perpetual scowl, seething at everyone else’s […]

Isvisible Isinvisible : Ghosts of New Mills

One of the great surprises of 2018 for me has been the discovery of Isvisible Isinvisible. The analog synthesizer project of Simon Pott came into my view back in the spring with the Burning Witches Records release of his self-titled cassette. A double album’s worth of beautifully eerie modular synth soundscapes that felt like a […]