Royal Thunder – “Wick” (2017)
Label: Spinefarm Records Review by Warren Mayocchi “Wick” is the name of the new Royal Thunder album. They are a group with a distinct and powerful sound. If I were…
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Marika Hackman – “I’m Not Your Man” (2017)
Label: Sub Pop Records/Transgressive Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Prominent bass lines, jangling guitar flourishes, whimsical vocals bordering on the disinterested – it all adds up to “I’m Not Your…
Wolves in the Throne Room – “Thrice Woven” (2017)
Label: Artemisia Records Review by Warren Mayocchi With an established career in black metal, Wolves in the Throne Room offer to us their latest album along with a series of…
Pixx – “The Age of Anxiety” (2017)
Label: 4AD Review by Warren Mayocchi The 1947 book-length poem, “The Age of Anxiety”, by W.H. Auden has been inspiration for a few creative works. Here the title and theme…
Deathless Legacy – “Dance With Devils” (2017)
Label: Scarlet Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Classic horror is what seems to inspire the music and image of Deathless Legacy. They combine the theatrical with a generally rock driven…
The Visit – “Through Darkness Into Light” (2015)
Independent Release Review by Warren Mayocchi The Visit are Raphael Weinroth-Browne (cello) and Heather Sita Black (vocals). It is a sublime pairing creating an intense and delicate listening experience. There…
Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White – “Gentlewoman, Ruby Man” (2017)
Label: Glassnote Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White have collaborated on “Gentlewoman, Ruby Man” to bring us an album of folk leaning cover songs. It…
Emma Ruth Rundle – “Marked for Death” (2016)
Label: Sargent House Review by Warren Mayocchi Emma Ruth Rundle is known for an ambient rock-folk style. On “Marked for Death” she lives up to that reputation, though the music…
Cate Le Bon – “Rock Pool” EP (2017)
Label: Drag City Review by Warren Mayocchi In 2016 Cate Le Bon released “Crab Day”. Four offcuts from the album have been collected and released on the “Rock Pool” EP.…
SubRosa – “For This We Fought the Battle of Ages” (2016)
Label: Profound Lore Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Published in 1924, the English translation of Yevgeny Zamyatin‘s novel, “We”, became an inspirational work. It is set in a society where…
Austra – “Future Politics” (2017)
Label: Domino Records Review by Warren Mayocchi With “future” and “politics” in the album title and an electronic music style, the theme of the latest album from Austra could have…
True Widow – “Avvolgere” (2016)
Label: Relapse Records Review by Warren Mayocchi With a thick fuzzy drone “Avvolgere” sounds like the latest album from True Widow. They are a stonegaze rock band comprised of Dan…
Trees of Eternity – “Hour of the Nightingale” (2016)
Label: Svart Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Death takes us all. Juha Raivio and Aleah Stanbridge collaborated to begin Trees of Eternity in 2009. Before the release of the band’s…
Marcela Bovio – “Unprecedented” (2016)
Independent Release Review by Warren Mayocchi With a four-piece string ensemble (two violins, a viola, and cello), a live recording session, and Marcela Bovio on vocals we are treated to…
Martha Wainwright – “Goodnight City” (2016)
Label: Cadence Music/PIAS Recordings Review by Warren Mayocchi Described sometimes as a folk artist, Martha Wainwright has delivers her seventh solo album album to us. Musically there is a lot…
Rebekka Karijord – “Mother Tongue” (2017)
Label: Control Freak Kitten Records Review by Warren Mayocchi “Mother tongue” typically refers to the first language a person learns to speak – the same language as one’s parents. Though,…
BABYMETAL – “Live at Wembley” (2016)
Label: earMUSIC Review by Warren Mayocchi April 2016. BABYMETAL release second album “Metal Resistance”, start their 2016 World Tour at the Wembley Arena, and become the first Japanese band to headline…
Luciferian Light Orchestra – “Black” EP (2016)
Label: Svart Records Review by Warren Mayocchi The 70’s saw popular culture delve into the occult. Stephen King began his career writing about the supernatural, horror movies like “The Exorcist”…
Kate Bush – “Before the Dawn” (2016)
Label: Fish People/Concord Music Group Review by Warren Mayocchi In 2014 Kate Bush gave a series of concerts in London, she called the experience “Before the Dawn”, and we now…
Melanie C – “Version of Me” (2016)
Label: Red Girl Records Review by Warren Mayocchi With a personal title, the distinctive vocals of Melanie C, and a solid electronic backing, “Version of Me” has been released for…