Album Reviews – Page 163

City of Souls – Synæsthesia

For twenty years now, the month of May has been a celebration in New Zealand of its musical past and present, and the first day of NZ Music Month this year saw the long-awaited release of City of Soul’s debut…

Subsignal – A Song for the Homeless

Few live recordings successfully rise to the challenge of capturing the spellbinding spirit and excitement of the musical magic created and experienced at a concert. There is absolutely nothing quite like the infectious thrill, the vibrancy, the energy and exhilaration…

A Different Aspect #39

In this update we feature: • Nadia Reid – Out Of My Province • The Thank Yous – Good Times Killing Us • Josh Feinberg – Time Does Not Exist For Light • Max Bianco and the BlueHearts – Harlot…

Japonica – Into the Kaleidoscope

Japonica’s debut album Into the Kaleidoscope is one that is easy to review, and yet at the same time impossible to review. That is to say, I could review it in the way most album reviews are written, and as…

Virgil Donati – Ruination

The short review: Ruination is progressive-rock-fusion at its very finest. The not so short review: I’ll backtrack a little to my first encounter with Virgil Donati and Bunny Brunel’s L.A. Zoo (Revisited) released in 2004. It’s the revisited part that…

Postvorta – Porrima

The Northern Italian city of Ravenna seems to be a hot bed of talent, which is presently crashing down on me in waves. This year alone has seen new albums from Nero di Marte, Postvorta, and Void of Sleep, with…

Horse Lords – The Common Task

Cacophonous and hypnotic, the fast and interweaving beats of this Baltimore quartet are as thought provoking as they are undoubtedly unsettling, pushing musical boundaries and expounding a socialist outlook, both in a similar revolutionary manner to our very own Gnod.…

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