Part black magic Mississippi blues, part free-roaming art metal. New favorite in the footsteps of Dog Fashion Disco.
Zeal & Ardor – Devil is Fine
Nine Inch Nails – Not the Actual Events
Would post this without listening to a single note. But, listened to this once so far. And now I need it to rest for a day and start listening again after. What I can say now is that it’s really diverse, and awesome, unexpectedly oldschool but not just that but lifespanning. Runs through the entire NIN catalogue’s moods and sounds and atmosphere in five tracks, and builds upon it to travel further. (Alright, not the entire NIN catalogue, but you know, the good records, the proper ones.)
Favorite track after first listen is probably The Idea of You with the most dragging industrial beat.
U.S. Girls – Half Free
I am gonna call this garage indie noir-inflicted pop-rock. Attention grabbing record in many colours of the grayscale.
Metallica – Hardwired…to Self-Destruct
I cannot just say a quick verdict on a new Metallica album. But actually… it’s great!
VA – Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia Presents PZYK Vol.1
Everything and anything you could possibly hear at a psychedelic rock festival. From experimental electronics through hippy dance to of course serious psychedelic rock shit. This is dope.
Dead Pirates – Highmare
Getting to posting this one at last, too, but I needed to listen to it many times to properly digest what I hear. I consider the Malevolent Melody EP as the first Dead Pirates record, so counting from there this is the fourth output and the first proper long player album. And this has been quite a journey in terms of music. The tunes changed and evolved and matured in a serious way. I love where this whole project ended up, it is so… grown. Like a man not with a beard but the understanding that is not at all about the beard.
Whipper – Shit Love
Perfect press kit says it all: “Debut single of red hot punk for three shitbags from Melbourne.” Best new punk music by far.
Danny & The Darleans – Bug Out
This is a rock record, which definitely doesn’t sound like anything from 2016. It has all the festival jump around rock and roll shake it shake it vibe of all the past ten years and even some of the Beatles in its veins.
Beach Slang – A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
Another good ol’ punk rock record, nothing more and nothing less.
Coves – Peel
This one has been sitting in my “play later” list for quite some time. I like it a lot, listened to it several times, but couldn’t put it in a specific drawer in my mind. Now I read a review of the album where it was said to be similar to Garbage and that is a fair point. Although this is how Garbage could sound in 2016, so that’s good, too. I so rarely listen to music nowadays, which could be labelled as classic and simple alternative rock. This is one of those.