Alone 1980 : Portal

I’m always excited when there’s new Alone 1980 music to get lost in. The Sweden-based electronic artist has taken the world of imagined soundtracks and elevated it. What started out as a genre influenced and inspired by the sleazy synth world that scored so many b-movie exploitation horror films from the 70s and 80s(many of […]

The Hives : The Hives Forever Forever The Hives

There aren’t many bands left from that early 2000s post-punk/indie rock explosion that transpired in New York. The bratty, self-aware, and indifferent music scene that birthed The Strokes, Jonathan Fire*Eater, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Interpol. In fact, none of those aforementioned bands exist in any sort of revered capacity. If they are making albums still […]

Dungeon Electro Doom : Erik Enocksson’s ‘Apan’

I love those little moments in life that surprise you. Not like people jumping out of the closet yelling “Surprise!” at a birthday party. Surprises that the universe offers up every once in a while. Like, a bout of insomnia leads you to turn on the tube at 2am and stumble across a classic movie […]

Blood In Blood Out

Roll The Dice. Now that’s an interesting band name. Really gives you plenty to go on, doesn’t it? So many connotations and directions you can head with a name like that. Now I didn’t pick up their album Until Silence because I thought their name was cool(which I did.) No sir, I picked it up […]

Honorable Mention Part I : The Knife’s Shaking The Habitual

It’s that time of year again. Yes, it’s the “My Favorite Albums of 2013” list time of year. I’ve been feverishly working on mine, and I’m nearly done. It’s probably the most detailed and agonizing list I’ve made yet. Before I started this page I loathed those lists. I felt they were pretentious, overzealous, and […]