Car Seat Headrest’s The Scholars is a Who-level epic of an album, with three other marathon tracks and a handful of spunky songs that make their 13th album an event instead of just another new release. Read my review on Treble.
Car Seat Headrest’s ‘The Scholars’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Car Seat Headrest on 05/02/2025 by Kurt OrzeckDew Claw Gushes Over ‘Gentle as a Lamb’ Dog
Posted in Interviews with tags Dew Claw on 05/01/2025 by Kurt OrzeckMembers of Fastbacks, Ladybug Transistor and the Loud Family join Dew Claw on their new record, due for release next Friday. As does the dog owned by one-half of the indie duo. Read my New Noise interview for more.
Ghost’s ‘Skeleta’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Ghost on 04/30/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
How many times can an artist, or any person, reinvent themselves? Well, at least six, as Ghost successfully prove with Skeletá. Read my review of the record for Treble.
On Tyranny: As US Citizens Get Disappeared and Terrorized, Chile’s Mawiza Reflects
Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny with tags Mawiza, On Tyranny on 04/30/2025 by Kurt OrzeckThe frontman for band Mawiza, who blend metal with Mapuche folk music, reflects on the horrific treatment of his indigenous ancestors by the Chilean military as U.S. citizens are getting disappeared and terrorized by the Trump administration. Read my New Noise interview.
Deserted Fear Fight the Good Fight Against ‘Injustice’ on New LP
Posted in Interviews with tags Deserted Fear on 04/29/2025 by Kurt OrzeckGerman heavy-metal band Deserted Fear are discovering a renewed spirit with the release of their sixth record, Veins of Fire. The LP dropped Friday via Testimony Records and stands as their strongest material to date as the band enters its 18th year. Read my New Noise interview with guitarist Fabian Hildebrandt.
Viagra Boys’ ‘Viagr Aboys’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Viagra Boys on 04/28/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Viagr Aboys, the new album by Viagra Boys, is a great example of a band making fun of its own audience for thinking their cleverly “in” on a joke that doesn’t actually exist. Make my FLOOD review of the record, which will make you long for Beastie Boys (if you ever liked them, either).
Death SS Vocalist’s Cats Gave Him New Outlook on Life
Posted in Interviews with tags Death SS on 04/28/2025 by Kurt OrzeckOn Friday, Death SS rear their head again with the release of The Entity on Lucifer Rising, with a listening party slated for the day before. But look past the band’s image, and the indelible mark that vocalist Steve Sylvester has had on the metal community in Europe and beyond, and you’ll find a dyed-in-the-wool–so to speak–animal lover. Read my interview with the metal legend on New Noise.
Shadows Fall Frontman Calls MNRK Signing ‘A Perfect Match’
Posted in Interviews with tags Brian Fair, Shadows Fall on 04/27/2025 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out the new issue of Music Connection to read my interview with influential metalcore band Shadows Fall and frontman Brian Fair’s comments about the Massachusetts marauders signing to MNRK Heavy.
Cloth on ‘Cracking Jokes’ With Mogwai Frontman
Posted in Interviews with tags Cloth, Mogwai, Stuart Braithwaite on 04/27/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Go to FLOOD to read my interview with electronic-rock duo Cloth on their irresistibly intimate and inviting new record, which comes courtesy of Rock Action Records, the label run by fellow Glaswegians Mogwai.
Sunflower Bean’s ‘Mortal Primetime’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Sunflower Bean on 04/26/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Has the shoegaze craze got you down? Try Sunflower Bean on for size. With a soft and fuzzy post-stoner-rock sound that can’t be resisted, the New York trio makes magic on their fourth record—and makes it sound oh-so-easy to pull it off. Read my FLOOD review of their new LP, Mortal Primetime.
The Bad Penny (beta) 