Locrian - Drenched Lands
Locrian aren’t just music; they are audible visual art. Andre Foisy and Terence Hannum are known in noise and metal for their innovation. Redefining the meaning of landscape artist, Locrian paint pictures with sound. Abandoned buildings, parking lots, and alleyways fit their humming horizons on Drenched Lands. The music is desolate and distorted. Hidden behind...
Invisible Oranges alumni
As You DrownPhoto by Anton Hedberg In the early days of this site, I scoured MySpace looking for unsigned bands to review. Now that (a) I do Decibel‘s demo column, and (b) I am deluged with signed releases, demos have become a low priority here. There is just too much crap out there. MySpace has...
Trap Them, Victims @ Lit Lounge
Trap Them Curran Reynolds’ Precious Metal weekly is Manhattan’s epicenter of underground metal. But it’s even better for music that ends in “-core.” The best metal is big and grand; the best “-core” is in-your-face. Lit Lounge’s basement, where Precious Metal takes place, is a narrow, dimly-lit grotto. It could be someone’s wine cellar. The...
The glorious pile-on
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fvu951up_0] Last Monday’s Victims gig reminded me of how much fun hardcore shows could be – especially without karate-kicking idiots. Yet it brought back memories of Sick of It All’s “Step Down,” the classic video cataloguing hardcore dances: The Windmill, The Pizzamaker, and my favorite, Pickin’ Up Change. It’s strange how humans react to music...