Cardiff seven-piece Los Campesinos! are more comfortable with their identity than ever before on their seventh LP, a culmination of all the band’s genre experimentation over the past two decades. Read my full review of All Hell via FLOOD.
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Los Campesinos!’s ‘All Hell’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Los Campesinos! on 07/21/2024 by Kurt OrzeckArmlock’s ‘Seashell Angel Lucky Charm’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Armlock on 07/18/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Melbourne duo Armlock opt for the less-is-more approach to heartfelt lyricism and layered instrumentals to deeply affecting results on their all-too-brief second record. Read my full review via FLOOD.
Idaho’s ‘Lapse’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Idaho on 07/17/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Idaho is best known for producing more potatoes than anywhere else in the U.S. In recent decades, it’s become so red that Idaho is now neck and neck with Mississippi as the most right-wing state in the Union. Idaho boasts the most miles of rivers than anywhere else in the country. The majority of its residents are virulently anti-government land conservationists not just suspicious of but resentful toward anyone who isn’t a third-generation Idahoan or older. Along those same lines, what today’s Idahoans feel more strongly about than anything else is their pure, white-hot hatred of Californians.
Continue readingBangladeafy’s ‘Vulture’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Bangladeafy on 07/11/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Bangladefy‘s Vulture reflects a band that, now 15 years old, still isn’t focused on what its two members want their endeavor to be. Read my full review via New Noise.
Huntsmen’s ‘Dry Land’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews on 07/11/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Perchta’s ‘D’Muata’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Perchta on 07/10/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Alcest’s ‘Les chants de l’aurore’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Alcest on 07/09/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
DIIV’s ‘Frog In Boiling Water’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags DIIV on 06/19/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
After laying the smacketh down at a killer show in Boise last week, DIIV will continue supporting their latest album, Frog in Boiling Water, with more tour dates through the rest of the year. And for good reason: Post-rock doesn’t get much better than their latest material. Read my full review on FLOOD.
Babe Report’s ‘Did You Get Better’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Babe Report on 06/18/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
More punk in spirit than in sound, Chicago group Babe Report’s lo-fi debut, Did You Get Better (Exploding in Sound), is endearing if also a bit impatient as they keep things loud, fast, and heavily distorted. Read my full review on FLOOD.
Dusk’s ‘Industrie’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Dusk on 06/18/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Dusk, an atmospheric black-metal project from Costa Rica, expect the world to end. But rather than trying to pretend what they believe will happen actually won’t, Dusk seem to have decided to challenge and entertain themselves during the time we all have left. Read my review of their new album, Industrie, courtesy of New Noise.
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