Fuzzy Timelines is the debut 7″ from Brooklyn band Gross Relations, and true to the title the tracks here blur the line between the current lo-fi scene and eighties underground pop by layering fuzzed out guitar and vocals over a background wash of hazy but buoyant keys. … Read More →
As mentioned previously, in the run up to the September celebration of Queensryche’s Empire, los grillos will be telling those who need to know but maybe haven’t heard–especially late-aughts hipters who have embraced late-eighties heavy metal–why it’s time to roll with the Ryche. Reason #1: The … Read More →
Tuesday, October 19, will see the release of Bob Dylan’s The Witmark Demos as the 9th installment of his bootleg series (a series that seems to share a projected end date with Dylan’s Never Ending Tour). The Witmark Demos, according to Dylan’s website, ”features 47 Bob Dylan songs recorded by … Read More →
Soul legend Solomon Burke, “The King of Rock ‘n’ Soul,” left this mortal coil on Sunday. Burke signed to Atlantic Records in the 60s, for whom he recorded a number of hits. Two of his best known songs from that era–”Cry to Me” and “Everybody … Read More →
Pop. 1280. The Grid.
Angular, sci-fi punk rock? Fugazi meets Ministry? Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13 score recorded by Wire via the Butthole Surfers? Girls Against Boys channeling their best Birthday Party? Whatever past influences have been channeled, the result is relentless, unruly, and unrepentant. And without a doubt, … Read More →