Drowse is the project of Kyle Bates, an already-well-known musician. When he announced the project and first released music, it seemed like everyone was…
When a band is brimming with potential and the desire to play/record, it can be intoxicating. Violent Life Violent Death are that band. So…
When your band name comes from a Charles Bukowski collection of short stories, you are setting up a precedent. ‘ Bukowski was known for…
“Go big or go home” is a phrase that is seldom heard in indie/punk circles. Generally it’s the opposite that is true. There has…
Toxpack, Berlin’s street-entrenched outcasts, quickly return with another batch of downtrodden anthems for urban warriors. After starting on punk/skinhead labels like DSS, People Like…
Cave In are the most almost of bands. Thanks to member turnover and internal strife, they almost never recorded a single song. If their…
No one knows what to expect from a band whose influences consist of Weezer, Title Fight, and The Police. Remo Drive’s sound is hard…
As soon as I heard the single “She Was a Witch,” I wanted to hear more. It was doom, but it was catchy as…
Polish Death Metal tyrants return for their umpteenth release, Thy Messenger. Vader keep it short and brutal, slinging five songs in 13 minutes. Since…
Lust For Youth’s latest exists in a perfectly constructed world where it’s okay (welcome, even) to have fun while being sad. The Copenhagen-based act…
