Experiment Everything
“Try everything at least once…anything that you’re curious about, give it at least one try.” There’s nothing new with that bit of advice. If you start typing it in as an online search, Google will …
July 2016
Ummagma — Frequency
Canadian-Ukranian husband and wife duo Ummagma (Shauna McLarnon and Alexander Kretov) has been making waves in the underground music scene for several years now–both in the music they create and their promotional prowess. McLarnon’s Shameless …
Frequency – the mobdividual review
the vocals are very clean and pretty and the band/song concepts are rich and very well thought out. if this came to me in the right frame of mind id be obsessed with it for …
What We Want — the mobdividual review
S T F U are certainly more on the industrial, trip-hop, not-quite-darkwave side of dreamscape music. if youre into far less aggressive sin/pretty hate machine-era nine inch nails, then this is your deal. What The …
S T F U — What We Want
Back in the nu-metal era, when white suburban adolescent anger was being expressed by a steady stream of hip hop inspired, baggy-jeaned white dudes with weird beards and questionable mic skills, Wayne Static, the late …
Stella Diana — Nitocris
Stella Diana is back and better than ever. The Italian trio first caught our ear on the Revolution — The Shoegaze Revival compilation with Isabeau, a lo-fi Italian language post-punk inspired track that stood out …
Jambox — Spleen
After catching our attention last year with what we described as “a short, angsty trip through retro punk inspired soundscapes,” Italian act Jambox is at it again with their latest EP, Spleen. With five tracks …
WTF is that powder they’re snorting in ‘The Night Of’?
Editor’s note: The following article discusses the first episode of HBO’s The Night Of and contains spoilers. It is written under the assumption that the reader has watched the first episode in is entirety. Proceed …
Is legal weed boosting sex trafficking in Colorado? Don’t be silly.
This article first appeared at MarijuanaPolitics. I also write for those guys. The Gazette is at it again. Not one to shy away from borderline libelous innuendo and flagrant cannabis scaremongering, the little paper (in …
Nitocris – the mobdividual review
stella diana has a solid lo-fi early 90s shoegaze sound. almost drone-gaze. poundy drums and driving bass lines. reminds me of mysterious obscure homerecording bands discovered via traded mixtapes i was never able to remember …