Music Haze: Beastwars (Live!)
All images courtesy Greg Parsons (who braved the pit to get a few shots) Beastwars made a liar out of me. Here I was all set to post a review for their last show of the year and they go and add another one.… More ›
Category: Reviews
Music Haze: Ryan Adams—Ashes and Fire
You have to have some sympathy for poor old Ryan Adams. Here’s a guy whose original outfit, Whiskeytown, was supposedly all set to redefine alt-country and finally give it some big-city credibility when the band simply imploded in a flurry of bitter recriminations. When Adams… More ›
Music Haze: Boots Electric—Honkey Kong
Boots Electric is the solo project moniker of Jesse Hughes, co-founder (with Josh Homme) of the sexed-up garage rock duo Eagles of Death Metal. If you’re expecting something akin to EODM’s unholy rockier racket From Boots Electric then think again, because Honkey Kong is all… More ›
Music Haze: Lou Reed/Metallica—Lulu
Lulu is the new collaborative release from Lou Reed and Metallica. Mr. Reed has suggested in interviews that it is one of the finest albums ever recorded. It’s not. Lulu is an album so bereft of creativity that if you willingly chose to listen to… More ›
Music Haze: Skewby—More or Less
Written by Theo Sangster. I think there might be a new class-of-2011 school of hip hop coming through. The likes of Mac Miller, Phonte, and our very own David Dallas, are spitting out some pretty intelligent curve ball rap (think early Kanye), and it is… More ›
Music Haze: Rustie—Glass Swords
Pre-release hype has killed plenty of electronica stars in the making. For all the effusive praise and piles of positive press it’s not uncommon for electronic artists to fail miserably when it comes to delivering the full-length goods. One 12″ club hit doesn’t mean you’ve… More ›
Music Haze: Henry’s Funeral Shoe—Donkey Jacket
When you think of raunchy punk and blues, Cardiff, Wales, isn’t the first locale that pops into your head as a hotbed of action. However, Welsh brothers Aled and Brenning Clifford, the duo that makes up Henry’s Funeral Shoe, make one hell of a racket.… More ›
Music Haze: Radio Moscow—The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz
The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz is the third release from Radio Moscow. The band, originally formed in 2003 by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Parker Griggs, are signed to the well-respected roots rock label Alive Naturalsound Records. Discovered by none other than Black Keys’ frontman Dan… More ›
Music Haze: Thrice—Major/Minor
Nobody could ever accuse Californian post-hardcore outfit Thrice of making the same album twice. Over the course of their career the band have made jarring angular works, expansive concept pieces, gentle electronically treated suites and, of course, plenty of solid rockers. They have some of… More ›
Music Haze: Strung Out—Top Contenders
Strung Out will celebrate two decades together in 2012. After seven full-lengths and numerous EPs and compilation appearances, the band’s new release, Top Contenders, is their first overarching retrospective compilation. It is, as I’m sure you can guess, an uncompromising, fierce and excellent release. Strung… More ›
Music Haze: The Weeknd – Thursday
Written by Theo Sangster I described Abel Tesfaye’s House of Balloons, released earlier this year, as ‘the sordid tale of a drug-fuelled top-of-the-tower cocaine party’. Having spent a fair whack of time this year in high rises and hotels (no drugs though – I… More ›
Music Haze: Anathema—Falling Deeper
You’re not going to find many bands that started life as sullen metal warriors only to end up as celebrated prog-rock heroes. Starting out in the early ’90s British band Anathema have steadily dropped all the doom—though not necessarily the gloom—from their sound, replacing it… More ›