Like many other insipid genre descriptors ending in “-core” that ran rampant in the ’90s, “slowcore” and “sadcore” personified the gloomy side of the early part of the decade via Low, Red House Painters and Codeine. Theirs was the music dimly lit environs were made for: guitars heavy with distortion; confessionalistic, often dour lyrical themes… Continue reading Idaho – People Like Us Didn’t Stop
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Morrissey – Low in High School
People love to shit on Morrissey, ’cause, come on, it’s Morrissey, but at 58 years old and on his 11th solo studio album, he is still writing better songs and has a better voice than most of his contemporaries and children in the music industry that are less than half his age, and he… Continue reading Morrissey – Low in High School
The Queen is Still Dead
A newly remastered and expanded version of The Smiths’ finest long-player, The Queen is Dead, is slated for an October 20th release through Warner Bros./Rhino. Actually, make that three different deluxe editions coming out. A 3-CD/1-DVD version contains the newly remastered 1986 album, a disc of rare B-sides and previously unreleased demos, a third CD… Continue reading The Queen is Still Dead
Sister Crayon
She’s a Rainbow: Sister Crayon Colors Your Life Most encounters with Jehovah’s Witnesses happens in passing – interrupted weekend slumber, aggravating literature on your doorstep, metrosexual looking elders cycling around in pods of two or three. It’s profoundly troubling to grow up in such an oppressive denomination, especially one that frowns upon the celebration of holidays,… Continue reading Sister Crayon
Dead Confederate
Southern Men: Dead Confederate’s Ragged Glory If Neil Young is the Godfather of Grunge (along with a few other rock ‘n’ roll sub-genres), then Dead Confederate are among his (numerous) great-grandchildren. The lineage was evident long before the Athens band played their handful of shows as 2010 gasped its last breaths, covering Neil’s mid-70s cry-of-anguish… Continue reading Dead Confederate