Massachusetts’ metalcore progenitors, UNEARTH aren t merely standard bearers of the sort of melodious sonic extremes that have found them sharing stages with the likes of Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed or Lamb of God. With‘The Wretched; The Ruinous’, UNEARTH exceed themselves, notching up the breakdowns, speed and brutality on songs like the album s anthemic title…
American Standard begins with a shock. Vocalist Michael Berdan stands alone, screaming, A part of me, but it can t be me. Oh God, it can t. It all starts with an admission. Beneath the harrowing screams, there s the pain of bulimia nervosa. There s the pain of a sickness that is as physical…
The 1998 debut album from the collective minds of Mo Wax Records founder James Lavelle and the acclaimed DJ Shadow is an international, eclectic riot of influences, fusing guitars, beats, rap and a host of collaborator. Among others, the guest vocalists include Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Mike D (Beastie Boys), Richard Ashcroft (The Verve) and Alice Temple (Massive Attack). Psyence Fiction is back on double vinyl for the first time in decades!
UNREQVITED mastermind 鬼 (Ghost) has a penchant for beautiful musical creations that reveal their claws and fangs only at closer inspection after spending some time on them. This solo project is firmly rooted in blackgaze sonic soil but has also sent out tendrils into ambient, post-rock, post-black metal, and other related stylistic strata. The seventh…
An expanded and remastered 25th anniversary edition of the mythical Olympia, Washington, trio s out of print singles and compilation tracks, A Single History 1991-2001 gathers odds and ends from across Unwound s first decade. From their earliest post-hardcore squeals on Crab Nebula to the dub-inspired death march of Behold The Salt, this 23-track double…
On 1998 s Steve Fisk-produced Challenge For A Civilized Society, the Olympia, Washington trio Unwound toyed with conventional verse chorus form, stacking layers of noise and distraction on top of tightly constructed melodies. The Mount Everest of punk rock. The Muhammed Ali of guitar noise. The Clash of the Titans of sound. The weirdest song titles in history. The…
Dead-eyed post-punk from Olympia s reigning noise-niks. Repetition rejects the major label signing spree of the mid- 90s entirely, training it s hulking focus on haircut hardcore, white belt Jiujitsu, and frenzied feedback. The soundtrack to a fantasy Halloween candy heist, now on vinyl for the first time since 1996.
Dead-eyed post-punk from Olympia’s reigning noise-niks. Repetition rejects the major label signing spree of the mid-’90s entirely, training its hulking focus on haircut hardcore, white belt Jiujitsu, and frenzied feedback. The soundtrack to a fantasy Halloween candy heist, now on vinyl for the first time since 1996.
Meeting at the halfway point between Bleach and Damaged, Unwound’s 1995 self-titled album arrived years after the original trio of Vern Rumsey, Justin Trosper, and Brandt Sandeno made their Avast Studios debut. Compiling their EPs for Kill Rock Stars and Gravity Records with five more session outtakes, Unwound was released on Rumsey’s Punk In My…
“I love anthemic, tug-at-your-heartstrings kind of music. I really do. And I think these guys do too…” That’s Nick Sakes speaking on a joint Zoom with bassist Noah Paster and drummer Shaun Westphal, his bandmates in Upright Forms, about their upcoming debut album, Blurred Wires. If you’ve followed Sakes’ past output on Skin Graft Records…
Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies on smoke coloured 180-gram audiophile vinyl. Equator is the sixteenth studio album by the British rock band Uriah Heep, released in 1985. It marked a departure from their earlier progressive rock sound towards a more commer- cial and accessible style, incorporating elements of pop rock and AOR (album-oriented rock)….
180 gram audiophile black vinyl. The British jazz hip hop fusion collective Us3 founded in 1992 in London and it s notable members included producers Mel Simpson and Geoff Wilkinson. The group scored a major hit in 1994 with Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) , a track that displayed the group s fondness for sampling classic recordings…
Portland, OR’s Blackened Doom outfit, USNEA, return after 6 years with their most accomplished work to date entitled “Bathed in Light”! Produced by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios and featuring art by vocalist guitarist Justin Cory, “Bathed in Light” encompasses some the most impressive fusion of funeral doom, death metal and black metal all while…