The Album Leaf’s A Chorus Of Storytellers: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags on 01/19/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

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Kevin Barker’s You & Me: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , , , , , on 01/17/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

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Beach House’s Teen Dream: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , , , on 01/17/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

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The Unwinding Hours’ The Unwinding Hours: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , , , , on 01/17/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

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3 Inches Of Blood’s Cam Pipes Geeks Out On Tolkien, ‘Dungeons & Dragons’

Posted in Features, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags , , , , on 01/13/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

It’s Wednesday, September 9, 2009. Or, better put, “9.9.09.” Some 3 years, 3 months and 3 days ago, metalheads were having a collective kanipshin over 6.6.06, terrorizing their neighbors’ pets and carving satanic shit into their skin.

So how did the gritty falsetto belter behind 3 Inches of Blood bide his time that day? Scouting the Shire, perhaps. Or maybe slaying some dragons.

Welcome to the imaginarium of Dr. Pipes.

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These Arms Are Snakes Bite The Dust; ’03 Interview Rises From The Grave

Posted in Interviews with tags , , , , , , , , , on 01/12/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

Well, poo. These Arms Are Snakes broke up today – or made the announcement, at least. Continue reading

Barn Burner’s Bangers: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , , on 01/12/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

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Aeternam’s Disciples Of The Unseen: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , , on 01/12/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

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Patrick & Eugene’s Altogether Now: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , , , , on 01/12/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

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Quasi’s Sam Coomes In ’01: ‘There Isn’t Any Point In Us Rushing’ Albums

Posted in Interviews with tags , , , , on 01/11/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

Way back on October 4, 2001 – with the horror of 9/11 still damp in everyone’s minds – Quasi’s Sam Coomes took a few to talk with me about his band’s then-new album, The Sword of God.

“There isn’t any point in us rushing to get albums out quickly anymore,” he confessed at the time. Continue reading