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The Men – Open Your Heart
Review — March 26, 2012
This could be the album that shoots The Men into music lovers’ hearts or it could be a slow burner that floats in the whereabouts of obscurity. The hope is for the latter. Open Your Heart is a musical mash of various genres, all neatly performed by a loose-sounding band …
War – At War For Youth
Review — April 4, 2012
Debut 7”, At War for Youth (the band has also released a split cassette) seems totally off-putting. It’s brash, terribly lo-fi, and haunting. There is a strong, almost mesmerising quality that springs forth from its murky depths of whatever genre you might classify it as. And to make it easy …
Tyburn Saints – You And I In Heaven
Review — April 9, 2012
It’s truly a pleasure to be listening to new music from Tyburn Saints. Their last full length, 2010’s For the Benefit of Strangers, was a nice throwback to jangly lo-fi artists like The Jesus and Mary Chain and Galaxy 500. With this EP, the band has fully embraced …
Joyce Manor – Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
Review — April 16, 2012
My hopes weren’t set high in regards to the second album by Joyce Manor. Even through all the praise and acclaim their self-titled album received, it didn’t separate the fact that the band was super young and just starting out. Their debut reeked of freshness and harkened back to beginnings …
