Yesterday we posted Side 1 of just a few of the hits los grillos missed writing about this year. Today we flip to Missed Hits, Side 2, starting with a reissue of Starfuckers 1990 album Metallic Diseases (cover art pictured above)… I missed Italian band Starfuckers’ Metallic … Read More →
As another year rolls towards its end, it’s time for los grillos to reflect not only on the artists, songs and albums we had time to write some words about but also the countless many we didn’t have time to write about–we are, after all, … Read More →
When one thinks of Christmas music, one likely doesn’t think of a band that typically plays glacially slow-paced songs that sound more haunted than holly jolly, especially when that band’s name is Low and it’s label’s name is Kranky–names that don’t exactly scream Christmas cheer. … Read More →
Reigning Sound, garage/punk legend Greg Cartwright’s post-Oblivians project, has been releasing albums of solid, soulful garage rock since 2001′s Break Up, Break Down, to an ever-expanding base of loyal fans, the latest of which is 2009′s Love and Curses. Now from Reigning sound, in conjunction … Read More →
Los Grillos Year in Review–A Toast to Favorites from 2011
It’s time to close out another year at los grillos with a toast to the albums that most perked up our antennae. Using a selection process in which the main criteria was the number of repeat listens an album inspired, a large group of contenders … Read More →