It has been variously said that everybody dies twice, first when we have breathed our last breath, and second when our name is spoken for the very last time. The Malagasy people of Madagascar take this philosophy a step further, much further, with a centuries-old funerary tradition … Continue reading Arab Strap ~ The Turning of Our Bones [2⊘2⊘]
Best known to fans as QOTSA, Queens Of The Stone Age is a rock-heavy alternative band with occasional gothic tendencies as evidenced by this artfully-rendered/darkfully-influenced magickal deep dive into lead singer Josh Homme’s haunted (yet hallowed) headcheese … Continue reading Queens Of The Stone Age ~ Head Like A Haunted House [2⊘18]
In this early 2000s release, Colder’s Wrong Baby shares a poignant reminder that excitement can be found in the wrong places, and painfully so. French one-man band Marc Nguyen Tan scores here with such a gifted addictiveness as to be the veritable aural lucre of the gods. “Pretending… Continue reading Colder ~ Wrong Baby [2⊘⊘5]
Crunch-chunky-chopped nu-metal guitars escalate and abate within a seesaw, teeter-totter, merry-go-round tirade of lyrical abuses. It’s a punch-drunk ride on the PTSD rollercoaster, forecasted and exemplified by your very own Gray-shaded, Saw-inspired, custom-modded, sado-masochistic toy Bop-It! — battery required. “I’m anxious, so cautious, I’m easily … Continue reading MOTHICA ~ SENSITIVE [2⊘22]
An aural atmosphere born of tie-dye shirts and bellbottom jeans mollycoddles us to a festival masquerade set in a lava lamp of hot-pink existential goo where blood-spattered disembodied heads chant a Floydian-homage to our funhouse-mirror lives filled carnival games unhinged and non-refundable. “The clock is ticking on the wall, She doesn’t think of you at all, No more, Anymore. ~ Parlor tricks and swizzle sticks, … Continue reading The Dream Syndicate ~ Damian [2⊘22]
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