I’ve got the farmhouse to myself for a few days. It’s very quiet now. NPR news in the morning after farm chores while I clean up last night’s dinner and run a load of laundry then feed the housecats. Emails, texts returned, and I sit down and work on book edits. I give myself three MORE…
“You think we’re alone in this. You’re wrong.” In the spirit of Adam’s other works such as “AMERICANS,” “Greater Mythology Blues,” and “Locust House” (of which this piece is a prequel to), his latest collaboration with Planet B offers some sense of hope in the face of a shitstorm– gentle reminders of the innocence we MORE…
Andrei Merce and I are texting about me coming back to England. I reply, “If we don’t have a nuclear war, I’ll be there,” and as soon as I’m done typing it, I’m not sure how much of that was a joke. Maybe the tone—the framing of the idea. But the idea itself? Not a MORE…
The concept of Cult and Culture began as a short segment created by Justin Pearson, an internationally known musician, record label owner (Three One G Records), author, and actor. He is best known as bassist/vocalist for bands such as Dead Cross, The Locust, and Retox. Justin has come to know and work with a broad MORE…
In the heart of continued isolation, the winds of war blowing foul across the world, METZ feels like gasoline dumped onto a fire—if your heart is the fire and the gas is what you need to get out of bed and live your life. Sometimes when the true shitstorm howls what you need most is MORE…
Leg Lifters’ Radical Humiliation is what I call a breakfast record. Throw it on first thing in the morning and blast out those shitty nightmares. Get worked up to fight the day. Start it out right. Side A of this 7” begins with a harsh, industrial clang before lurching into a nasty, slow, abrasive root MORE…
Deaf Club is a savage sound bath dripping with sardonicism: a blastbeat-centric hardcore punk assault channeling crust, thrash, and grind (un)sensibilities. Succinct pauses, surreal frequencies and effects, breakneck pace and sharply hurled vocals characterize the band’s aesthetic, which seems as though it is rooted in a sort of nasty-sound-meets-highbrow-message ethos. Fueled by the onslaught of MORE…
Lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, compulsive creator, and unrepentant volume addict Timo Ellis (Yoko Ono, Cibo Matto, Sean Lennon, Joan As Police Woman, Spacehog) formed NETHERLANDS in 2010 in NYC. The band has since shared stages with Napalm Death, Melt Banana, Mutoid Man, Yob, Retox, Black Flag, Eyehategod, Flipper, Martin Rev, The Death Set, Moon Tooth, and MORE…
Sometimes I can’t believe how tired I am. After a week of war news, after hustling for money, running around desperate all day after day after day trying to “get things done.” Yesterday I learned Zelensky was the voice of Ukraine’s Paddington bear. I learned Russia has taken Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant and that MORE…
Haunted Horses is an industrial-punk trio hailing from Seattle, WA. Their sound is thunderous and chaotic, utilizing a wall of noise techniques through an onslaught of keys, guitars and drums. Myke Pelly’s off kilter drumming and Colin Dawson’s architectural noise structures create jittery post-punk that is both upbeat and gloomy. Most recently, the band enlisted MORE…