The Hussy
Galore
Southpaw (2015)
Why have children when I can just listen to my music and watch the bands change and grow instead? First they learned to stumble, then to walk, and finally to slow dance. Er, I dunno. This metaphor fell apart before it even hit the page.What didn’t fall apart are Wisconsin duo The Hussy, a guitar and drum two-piece that falls somewhere in the distortion-friendly land of Garage without giving in to all the caricature genre rules along the way. As stated in our year end list, there are far fewer call and response numbers here than on their early work. Instead of echoing rage, these days The Hussy are melodic and relaxed, working a lovely interplay between guitarist Bobby Hussy’s soft vocals and drummer Heather’s harmonies. The two counter each other and come together in the middle where it used to be built on the change-up between.“Not the Weed,” which would make a fitting title for their brand of stoner garage on Galore. The song of said title is a mid-tempo two-stepper with a big guitar lick that repeats in between choral vocals that soothe and float atop the rhythm. In a general sense the whole record is more focused … Read more
See Through Dresses
End of Days EP
Tiny Engines (2015)
See Through Dresses' sound is lathered in squealing, wailing guitars that melt and sway in the sludge of the rawest … Read more
Wall Of Water
Promo 2015
Independent (2015)
The deliciously gloomy album art on Wall of Water's two-track Promo 2015 features what seems to be a long-abandoned roller … Read more
David Bowie
★ (Blackstar)
ISO Records / Columbia (2016)
David Bowie has always stood outside the lines. In the last decade or so, every album release came as a … Read more
