The Toronto noise-punks’ fifth LP sees their familiarly angular guitars working through melodies that range from ear-sweetening to atonal, furthering the mystery that is the Sub Pop band METZ. Read more on FLOOD.
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METZ’s ‘Up on Gravity Hill’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags metz, Sub Pop on 05/11/2024 by Kurt OrzeckInter Arma’s ‘New Heaven’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Inter Arma on 05/04/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
The Virginia sludge quintet’s fifth album, issued via Relapse Records, exhibits Inter Arma’s penchant for probing the innards of metal and reconstructing it into a seamless new visage. Read more on FLOOD.
Drahla’s ‘Angeltape’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Captured Tracks, Drahla on 04/27/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Drahla’s sophomore album, released via Captured Tracks, sees the Leeds-based trio overcoming grief over instrumental flourishes that recall yesteryear while artfully resisting the lure of entering a time machine. Read more of my album review on FLOOD.
High On Fire’s ‘Cometh The Storm’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags High on Fire, Matt Pike on 04/22/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
After a relatively long wait, Matt Pike’s sludge-metal outfit High on Fire return with their most adventurous, pigeonhole-smashing, and idiosyncratic release to date. Here is my FLOOD review.
Fucked Up’s ‘Chemistry of Common Life: Revisionist History’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Fucked Up on 02/26/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
The Canadian punks’ Polaris-winning sophomore LP proved that hardcore could stray outside of its traditionally narrow confines without sacrificing the band’s reputation within the genre. Read my FLOOD review here.
Grandaddy’s ‘Blu Wav’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Grandaddy on 02/16/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
No one can turn a bummer into a fun time quite like Grandaddy, as they prove again with a softly breathtaking new album. Read my FLOOD review here.
British Sea Power’s ‘Do You Like Rock Music?’ Reissue: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags British Sea Power on 02/13/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
British Sea Power’s remastered 2008 LP is rounded out with B-sides and BBC live recordings which further immerse the listener in the time period. Read my FLOOD review here.
Loving’s ‘Any Light’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Loving on 02/12/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Canadian duo Loving blossom into their own on their soft and breezy sophomore collection of hypnagogic folk pop. Read my FLOOD review here.
Brittany Howard’s ‘What Now’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Alabama Shakes, Brittany Howard on 02/09/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Alabama Shakes vocalist Brittany Howard’s larger-than-life-sounding voice dominates her sophomore solo album as she addresses themes of self-empowerment, self-motivation, and moving on. Read my FLOOD review here.
Paranoid Style’s ‘Interrogator’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Paranoid Style on 02/06/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
The DC garage-pop band throws caution to the wind on their fourth album, which sounds as fresh as a debut as they tear through 13 songs in what feels like the time it takes to flip to Side B. Read my full review for FLOOD here.
The Bad Penny (beta) 