Mar01

Supersystem – Always Never Again (Review)

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Supersystem

Always Never Again

Released by Touch and Go


Rah-rah dance-punk that'll rock your party

Don't buy the hype that punks using synthesizers is a new thing. If anyone here thinks Throbbing Gristle and the Sex Pistols weren't on each other's asses all of 1977, you're surely missing a vital link. Still, it's worth raising an eyebrow when a kookie synth-pop act called El Guapo is releasing records on Dischord. But hell, I hear Ian MacKaye has the occasional beer these days, so whatever.

Following a label hop and a name change (taking on the title ...
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Mar01

Airborn Audio – Airborn Audio (Review)

Airborn Audio

Airborn Audio

Released by Nina Tune


Half a dozen post Anti-Pop records, and we still ask why M. Sayyid and High Priest must really hate Beans. That's the only possible explanation for the closing of Anti-Pop Consortium and anti-climatic appearance of Airborn Audio. It's not like the camps split in search of creative freedom. Both are still churning out cold cafe poetry and wireless keyboard progressions.

Consistency aside, the post-Pop world is characterized by bouts of boredom and sheer awkwardness. It's taken Beans two albums and an EP to find his groove. And despite ...
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Feb01

vs. The X-ecutioners – General Patton (Review)

vs. The X-ecutioners

General Patton

Released by Ipecac


A full frontal assault on the conventional dichotomy of rock-against-hip-hop

Rock snobs and hip-hop purists should definitely step aside when this album hits the speakers because General Patton vs. The X-ecutioners kicks some major traditionalist ass. The project is an experimental foray into unexplored frontiers with Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) on duty as commander in chief. Drawing from an arsenal of uninhibited creativity, Patton leads the album through inventive musical territories that most of today's artists dare not touch. The X-ecutioners fall in right behind ...
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Feb01

Deep Thinkers – Necks Move (Review)

Deep Thinkers

Necks Move

Released by Patrick Drexler


Ominous, political hip-hop lurks out of Kansas City

Socially minded hip-hop emerges from between the coasts in the form of Datura Records, the brainchild of Brent Lippincot and co-owner Approach, also a rising solo talent. The Deep Thinkers are Brother of Moses on mic with Leonard D. Stroy behind the decks, and this, their full-length stepping out, deserves a spin in the listening booth.

Out the blocks "Building" hits the mark, and "Stand Strong" holds its own for an interesting six-and-a-half minutes, drowsy piano loops dissolving to ...
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Feb01

Mu – Out Of Breach (Review)

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Mu

Out Of Breach

Released by Output


Crazy-eyed couple refuse their meds on their second mind warped full-length

Mr. And Mrs. Fulton continue to walk it like they talk it, two freaky-deakys living in Sheffield, England and making chop suey out of the conventions of dance, post-punk, new wave and every other search word getting mad hits on Google these days. It's hard to argue with Mutsumi Kanamori's banshee caw when she screams "Leave Michael Jackson alone you stupid bitch, you insane motherfucker!" in her fractured English while Maurice torques some post-industrial noise on "Stop ...
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