Pinback
Information Retrieved
Temporary Residence (2012)
Authenticity goes a long way these days in the music industry. It’s most desired in any aspiring musician and sets artists apart from a sea of others chomping at the bit. Using primarily programmed percussion only toughens the playing field; yet, when your band consists of two members playing the role of a full gang, approbation is appropriate. Since the late-nineties, Pinback have developed a way of pulling in listeners on a more familiar, even personal level, that many acts struggle to achieve. For starters, the creative force between multi-instrumentalists Rob Crow and Armistead Burwell Smith IV is something only these guys are capable of producing. In other words, despite the tired “indie rock” tag they’re often grouped; there’s no mistaking Pinback for another band. After vanishing for a while, the duo snuck out a few new tracks in 2011, recruiting the eerie surrealist - illustrator Daniel Danger - to design the artwork to two EPs. This sampling was ladled straight from the very well of what has become Information Retrieved. Five years from their former 2007 release, Autumn of the Seraphs, the Pinback catalog ensues in a seasonally musical transference. Irrespectively lacking a wintry referenced title, Information Retrieved is … Read more
Between the Buried and Me
The Parallax II: Future Sequence
Metal Blade (2012)
Following 2011s “precursor” style EP, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues, Between the Buried and Me (hereafter known as BTBAM because it’s … Read more
Turbonegro
Sexual Harassment
Volcom (2012)
Much could be said about Turbonegro from the Turbojugend (Their self appointed fan club), Their lyrics that tend to make … Read more
Various Artists
Vestiges / Ghaust- Split
Replenish (2012)
So this is the immediate follow-up to the debut album The Dissent Of Man for Vestiges, sharing a split record … Read more
