Apathy & Exhaustion Dylan Carlson – Conquistador (Sargent House, 2018) - Three chords & the truth

Dylan Carlson – Conquistador (Sargent House, 2018)

June 16, 2018 Ian Breen Record Review

For fans of doom and drone music, the name Dylan Carlson carries a tonne of weight and expectation – and rightly so. Most fans can

7in & EP Round-up, June 2018 (part 2)

June 15, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Our lives in Cinema – All Talk EP (Umlaut Records, 2018) This crew are from London, and All Talk is (as far as I can

The Stayawakes – Dogs and Cats / Living Together (Surefire Discs / badHORROR Recordings / ShoveItUpYourCult Records, 2018)

June 14, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

The Stayawakes are from Southsea, and Dogs And Cats / Living Together is their debut album. They reportedly play “loud, fuzzy indie-punk with poppy melodies,

Culture Abuse – Bay Dream (Epitaph, 2018)

June 13, 2018 Alex Phelan Record Review

Ugh. It’s not a good feeling when you start off really properly digging an album and invest yourself in it, and even potentially recommend said

Maniac – Dead Dance Club (Dirt Cult / Hovercraft, 2018)

June 12, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

LA’s Maniac (i.e. the four piece band, not LA’s premier individual maniac, whoever that may be, although I’m sure many vie for such a lauded

Die Hoffnung – Elegies and Creation Songs (Belladonna Records, 2017)

June 9, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Die Hoffnung were from Gainesville, Florida, and this is as far as I can tell something of a posthumous release. The band featured members of

7in & EP Round-up, June 2018 (part 1)

June 6, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Dark/Light – s/t (Dirt Cult, 2018) Portland, Oregon’s Drak/Light (which is apparently pronounced as Dark Slash Light) describe themselves as ‘cold weather music for combating