Reviews
A.E.C., “Hate Life”
Shelved for a decade, this lost record by Tyler Newman (Battery Cage, Informatik) does a solid job of representing its time and and place, and is well deserving of some long overdue listening.
Espermachine, “This Dying Life”
The debut for Tom Shear’s 23db Records takes a while to catch on, but has charms beyond its more apparent influences.
The Pain Machinery, “Restart”
The Swedish duo find a way to carry the sea change of their last release forward, offering a richer iteration of their blunt, acid-touched EBM.
Object, “Mechanisms of Faith”
The 90s dark electro sound lives on in the latest LP from Object.
In Death It Ends, “Forgotten Knowledge”
Porl King forges ahead in his quest to discover new modes of dark music and delivers a slab of cold, nodding riffs and doom-laded atmosphere.
The Pitch: Soviet’s “We Are Eyes, We Are Builders”
Our regular feature in which one half of the senior staff pitches a record to the other returns, this time with some millenial synthpop in a distinctly classic vein.
The Unquiet Grave: Big Electric Cat
The Unquiet Grave returns with a profile of Australia’s Big Electric Cat!
Decoded Feedback, “disKonnekt”
The new album from Canada’s Decoded Feedback does little in the way of breaking new ground, while still offering up something for the electro-industrial faithful.
S U R V I V E, self-titled
An astonishing debut which seamlessly blends a wide range of ambient and electro sounds, while never sacrificing cohesion or accessibility.
PreEmptive Strike 0.1, “T.A.L.O.S.”
The Greek duo add more than enough unexpected elements to their fourth LP, namely Greek folk instrumentation, to distinguish it from run of the mill harsh EBM.
In Conversation: Assemblage 23, “Bruise”
The senior staff have a listen and a jaw regarding Tom Shear’s latest album of post-post-millenial futurepop.
Alter Der Ruine, “There’s Always One More Son of a Bitch”
Listening to the final album from Arizona’s purveyors of electrofied-industrial proves to be both bitter and sweet.
