Reviews
We Have A Technical 585: Sisyphus Pasta
We’re each picking five side projects for discussion on this week’s podcast.
Lana Del Rabies, “Omnipotent Fuck”
Lana Del Rabies’ visceral and personal approach to death industrial continues to expand its sonic and thematic range.
Odonis Odonis, self-titled
Toronto duo Odonis Odonis take a turn towards lean, vocally-driven post-punk on their new LP.
Assemblage 23, “Null”
Tom Shear’s latest is a testament to his continued growth as a songwriter, producer, and vocalist.
Ash Barrett, “Uncaged”
Former Tassel member Ash Barrett returns to his noise rock roots with an extra application of industrial grime.
Observer: Spammerheads & Sophrosyne
Capsule reviews of new records by Spammerheads and Sophrosyne.
Morwan, “Vse po kolu, znovu”
Morwan’s latest record brings unexpected weight and muscle to the project’s normally lithe and folk-inspired post-punk.
s:cage, “We End in a Beautiful Mess”
Ottawa technoid producer s:cage’s first album in almost twenty years threads the needle of design versus emotion.
Gatekeeper, “Wrong Planet”
The long-awaited return of the groundbreaking electronic project shows they haven’t lost a step in their genre warping electronic explorations.
The Tear Garden, “Astral Elevator”
The partnership between Edward Ka-Spel and Cevin Key remains delightfully odd, and low-key glorious on their new LP.
Zanias, “Cataclysm”
While adding some trance and pop colour to her read on darkwave, “Cataclysm” finds Zanias morphing and mutating in response to her own body of work.
Observer: Slash Need & The Treasury
Thoughts on new records by Slash Need and The Treasury.
