Immortal | Battles In the North
Rain today. Starting a story with the weather in generally a terrible idea, but this is not a story, it’s a record review. There’s no rules for record reviews. People don’t even read them most of the...
View ArticleScreaming Females | Chalk Tape
Here’s a nice little EP that made my “to get to” list in the 2013 post (I have since purchased all these records but still have yet to listen to all of them…holy shit.) This band is way too cool to...
View ArticleThe Beatles | S/T
Alright, I’ve got two copies of this one, both the stereo mix on CD. There’s notable differences between the two, which I’m going to focus on because trying to come up with some kind of original...
View ArticleShonen Knife | Overdrive
So I was listening to this record thinking about how it moves past the usual heavy Ramones influence when the news came about the passing of Tommy Ramone. Just a bummer that has to be acknowledged. But...
View Article2014 Did Not Exist
Posted in: x Posted in: RECORDS. Posted in: list10 Saluton, 久しぶりね？ Last year I promised (to myself, no one else really cares) a post every Wednesday. This is a full-on, objective failure that I feel I...
View ArticleV/A | Female Fronted Heavy Metal: 1976-1989
So I wrote a few reviews of internet mixtapes some of which after they weren’t available for download anymore. Who knows why I do things? Well, here is a massive multi-volume offering that as of this...
View ArticleZZZ’s | Invidia
So at the ZZZ’s show the other day I thought I was buying a pre-Prescription demo, but it’s a whole new EP with zero press, so…why not get the jump on everyone else for a change? It’s like old timez. I...
View ArticleMorning Musume | Rainbow 7
The following is a repost from my old blog. This past year held the tragic news that producer Tsunku got throat cancer and had his vocal cords removed. Altho I haven’t been a fan of the direction of...
View ArticleHALCALI | Cyborg Oretachi
Over a goddamn year ago, mbmelodies called my bluff to republish my old Halcali posts. This was right before I decided to upgrade my blog security and I wound up locking myself out of the blog for most...
View ArticleShonen Knife | S/t
Shonen Knife Day. They got a new record out. I don’t have it yet. Next paycheck. But time marches on, and with so many horrible things in the world, there’s this band. It’s maybe kinda dumb that there...
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