Noise rock
Live Review: Non Plus Ultra at Cafe Oto, 05/02/16
Our culture is obsessed with looking at the past. If culture had a body, it would be contorted, bending over its own limbs, straining to catch a glimpse, through the crevices of its wrinkled, obese flesh, of the jagged traces it had left behind. This behaviour is completely understandable. Not only is modern life rubbish, …
Album Review: Sunn O))) – Kannon
How do you find yourself listening to Sunn O)))? What makes you decide to buy tickets to see Sunn O))), donning cloaks and floating in a sea of fog machine emissions in some small theater as the ceiling tiles shake and plaster cracks and crumbles from the sheer hellish volume they create? In the past …
See: A Place to bury Strangers – Now its over + Tour Dates
A Place To Bury Strangers have just released their latest video. ‘Now It’s Over’, an album track from ‘Transfixiation‘. Dark, somewhat bleak, it’s a rather ominous tune. Video animator Dave Merson Hess explains “I loved the mood of “Now It’s Over”, and the way the lyrics and arrangement captured the feeling of a breakup as …
Psych Insight: EP Review – Array 1 by Loop
When the Pixies released the first of their three EPs after a prolonged absence, back in 2013, many suspected that the decision to stagger their new material was deliberately made to circumvent the critical emphasis that would have been inevitably placed on the songs, had they been released together in the traditional album format. It’s …
Meet: Immingham fuzz merchants Sewer Rats
If you are to believe the hype, Sewer Rats were discovered lurking around a disused Grimsby fish market – yes, it’s grim up North, and it doesn’t get much grimmer than that. Hailed by their label, ‘Fluffer Records‘, as “the future of British rock ‘n’ roll” we needed to find out more. So we headed …
Album Review: No Joy – More Faithful
I can’t remember the first time I heard No Joy. I know it was sometime in 2013 when they had just put out their excellent Wait To Pleasure. Something about that album was immediate and in-the-moment so I was compelled to have it. The guitar and vocal interplay between Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd has a very …
Track: A Place to Bury Strangers / The Telescopes release split single
Fuzz Clubs split series has become essential buying recently, with number five in the series featuring Texas Psych godfathers The Black Angels and Italian Psych rockers Sonic Jesus and for number six they’ve really surpassed themselves, inviting two of the greatest noise rock bands on the planet – New York City’s A Place to Bury …
See: A Place To Bury Strangers release video for ‘Straight’ + Album and tour news.
You should never judge a book by its cover. Yep; can agree with that. But when it comes to music, should you judge a band by their name? I’m not sure on this one, but one thing I am sure of, is that I’ve always thought ‘A Place To Bury Strangers’ was a great name for …
See: God Damn release new video for ‘Horus’, plus forthcoming UK tour dates
Speeding head first out of the Black Country, God Damn are one of the bands burning the torch for the current UK rock scene. Living up to their name, God Damn make a god damn lot of noise. Like the MC5 reinventing themselves in modern day Wolverhampton, spunky, frenetic guitar collides with thumping purposeful …
Listen: Lovechilde give away “Boris The Spider” as Halloween gift for all.
Trick or treat ? Experimental noise duo Lovechilde kicked off the Hallowe’en season a few weeks ago with the release of the eerie, almost Satanic, ‘Séance For St. Sebastian’ (click HERE to see earlier review). In keeping with the theme, and in a fine act of generosity, they have decided to offer everyone a treat by …