Carnation vocalist Simon Duson may be Belgian, but he doesn’t waffle when asked tough questions about his old-school death-metal band. Check out my full piece on New Noise.
Belgium’s Carnation Put the Petal to the Metal
Posted in Interviews with tags Carnation, Season of Mist on 01/23/2024 by Kurt OrzeckTouché Amoré’s ‘Is Survived By: Revived’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Touché Amoré on 01/22/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Remixed and remastered, post-hardcore group Touché Amoré’s Is Survived By: Revived sounds crisper here, with a cleaner separation of sound that does far more justice to the tight performances by each band member. Read my FLOOD review here.
Spiritualized’s ‘Amazing Grace’ 20th Anniversary Reissue: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Spiritualized on 01/21/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
The second installment in the Spaceman Reissue Program series brings more clarity to Spiritualized’s uncharacteristically collaborative, exuberant and sincere 2003 effort. Check out FLOOD for my full review.
Green Day’s ‘Saviors’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Green Day on 01/18/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Head to FLOOD to read my early review of Green Day’s much-discussed new album, Saviors, before it drops tamarra.
Top 100 Best Live Performances Of 2023: Mars Volta, Be’lakor, Hexis, Covet
Posted in Concert Reviews, Reviews with tags Be’lakor, Cloak, Covet, Deafheaven, Hexis, Jason Isbell, Jesus Piece, Mars Volta, Portrayal of Guilt, Show Me the Body on 01/17/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, Mastodon, Lil Nas X, Orville Peck: Wacky Merch
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags Lil Nas X, Mastodon, Orville Peck, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth on 01/11/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Band patches, stickers and pins are so yesteryear. Check out artist merchandise running the gamut from the hilarious to the bizarre in my latest FLOOD feature.
Pile’s ‘Hot Air Balloon’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Pile on 01/03/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Read my FLOOD review of Pile’s Hot Air Balloon, which exudes a cozy feel that favors a comfortable, even homespun-sounding, experience.
2024 New Releases Calendar
Posted in Latest New Releases Schedule, New Releases with tags Children's Hour, Cock Sparrer, Escuela Grind, Eye Flys, Grandaddy, Hulder, J Mascis, Jesus and Mary Chain, Mary Timony, Sleater-Kinney on 12/31/2023 by Kurt OrzeckExcited about the new year? Dreading it? Either way, a litany of new releases confirmed for 2024 should delight you at least a little bit. Pay extra attention to the entries in bold — those are the releases that The Bad Penny is most looking forward to hearing.
January 5
Babys – Live at the Bottom Line, 1979 (Omnivore)
Children’s Hour – Going Home (Drag City)
Jordsjuk – Siste Skanse single (Indie)
Kevin Burt & Big Medicine – Thank You, Brother Bill; Tribute to Bill Withers (Gulf Coast)
Morgue Terror – s/t (self-release)
Oddeven – Darkness (Eclipse)
Pile – Hot Air Balloon EP (Exploding in Sound)
Sprints – Letter to Self (City Slang)
Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend (Slumberland)
Sweeping Promises: Promise Keepers
Posted in Interviews with tags Sweeping Promises on 12/23/2023 by Kurt OrzeckPick up the latest issue of The Big Takeover, which features my interview with Sub Pop indie-rock duo Sweeping Promises.
Best Albums of 2023: Cloak, Insomnium, Horrendous, Jeromes Dream
Posted in Lists with tags Armed, Cloak, Fen, Great Falls, Horrendous, Insomnium, Jeromes Dream, Svalbard, Thy Catafalque, Warcrab on 12/20/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
- Cloak – Black Flame Eternal (Season of Mist)
- Insomnium – Anno 1696 and Songs of the Dusk EP (Nuclear Blast)
- Horrendous – Ontological Mysterium (Season of Mist)
- Jeromes Dream – Gray in Between (Iodine)
- Warcrab – The Howling Silence (Transcending Obscurity)
- The Armed – Perfect Saviors (Sargent House)
- Svalbard – Weight of the Mask (Nuclear Blast)
- Fen – Monuments to Absence (Prophecy Productions)
- Thy Catafalque – Alföld (Season of Mist)
- Great Falls – Objects Without Pain (Neurot)
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