Reviews
Soviet, “Ghosts”
Soviet’s return to the synthpop stage plays hard to get, but comes out stronger for it.
Retrogramme, “Feed”
Retrogramme’s third LP makes hay from a broad sampling of dark electronic music genres.
Sister Machine Gun, “The Future Unformed”
Chris Randall reactivates Sister Machine Gun for a brief but entertaining 5 song EP that comments on the industrial rock band’s history.
Observer: April 14th, 2015
New releases from reakt[ion], Sewer Goddess, and Dead Voices On Air in review.
In Conversation: Neuroticfish, “A Sign Of Life”
The senior staff chew over the lasting legacy of futurepop on the occasion of the long-awaited comeback record from Neuroticfish.
X-Marks The Pedwalk, “The House Of Rain”
X-Marks The Pedwalk add a heavy dollop of gothic melancholy for their strongest comeback album yet.
Go Fight, “Napalm Baby”
Jim Marcus’ GoFight returns with an album of smart, sex-positive industrial funk.
S†▲K3H▲US, self-titled
Against our better judgement we let Intern Tobey review something. *deep sigh*
The Pitch: Velvet Acid Christ, “Calling Ov The Dead”
Alex tries to convince Bruce of the psychedelic charms of some vintage Velvet Acid Christ.
Agent Side Grinder, “Alkimia”
A tight, cohesive, and vaguely sinister stunner of a record from Agent Side Grinder finds the Swedish outfit mining a new and dramatic post-punk vein.
mind.in.a.box, “Memories”
The faithful are rewarded in the latest from the cult act, packing in as many of their signature sounds as possible while going even further down the rabbit hole of the meta-narrative that has spanned their catalogue.
Observer: March 18th, 2015
Capsule reviews of new releases by Crimes AM, Mahr, and M‡ЯC▲LL▲.
