Building Better Bombs
Freak Out Squares
Init (2007)
Init Records is one of the most underappreciated record labels releasing music today. Documenting some of the Midwest's most important punk bands, from The Spirit of Versailles to The Vidablue, the label is consistently on point. I know Steven Init through the great invention of Internet message boards, and the guy is an absolute stand up person. So it still … Read more
Dispensing of False Halos
With Prayers and A Scalpel
Init (2003)
So comrade, this elderly man walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "Where can I find the most recent issue of Sports Illustrated?" Then out of fucking left field, sometimes inadvertently perceived as right, Dispensing Of False Halos busts through the adjacent wall and tears that geezer a new blowhole. Now, what exactly instigated this odd situation and, better … Read more
Woman is the Earth
Torch of Our Final Night
Init (2016)
Woman is the Earth aren’t a new prospect, but latest record Torch of Our Final Night is a massive step forward for them in sound and scope and so, quite rightly, they are suddenly gaining traction in the underground. This Place That Contains My Spirit from 2012, and 2014s follow-up, Depths, are tremendous albums, but this new work is infinitely … Read more
