Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin
Label: Solar Flare Rating: 3.5 out 5 I can’t help but feel that most of the projects associated with Unsane do sound fairly similar to the band itself (not that its a bad thing – we all need a bit more of Unsan-ity in our lives anyway…) And so is the case with Pigs [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin
Third part of a marathon dedicated to New York band Unsane and Wreck – their latest LP. Collection of music from various side projects/other bands involving members of Unsane. Cutthroats 9 The Cutthroats 9 was a band formed by Chris Spencer of Unsane when he moved to California after Unsane went on hiatus in 2000. Their first single “You [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin
Second part of a marathon dedicated to New York band Unsane – a collection of covers by Unsane plus other bands covering material by Unsane. Unsane Plays Others Ha Ha Ha Original by: Flipper Originally appeared on: Love Canal 7″ (Alternative Tentacles, 1982) / Blow’n Chunks (ROIR, 1984) Cover appears on: This Plan Australian [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2012 by admin
Ten – East Of The Elm EP Genre: Folk / Ambient / Experimental Rating: 3.8 out of 5 Much like its predecessor (2010 Lowlands EP), “East Of The Elm” by Leeds duo Ten is a collection of melancholy-tinged ambient, perhaps best suited as a backdrop for observation of sunsets and various natural phenomena. And much [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2012 by admin
New York City’s Unsane assisted in pioneering a more aggressive, less studied version of noise rock, one that blended the scum/art industrial sturm und drang of Foetus, the Swans, Einsturzende Neubauten, and Sonic Youth with the decidedly more straightforward hardcore idiom favored by acts like Sick of It All. While developing the blueprint for noise-metal [...]
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Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin
On March 20th, NYC noise-rock powerhouse Unsane released Wreck – their latest full-length (via Jello Biafra’s label Alternative Tentacles). You can stream the album in its entirety via MetalSucks and/or check out a couple of reviews from Pitchfork, The Needle Drop and Boston Phoenix. The band is currently wrapping up tour with Melvins – the [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin
Helmet Strap It On Amphetamine Reptile Originally released: ‘90 Re-released: 11/91 via Interscope My first jazz records may possibly have been by Helmet. Pondering their arrangements, metallic and noisy with the oddest arrhythmic attacks, perplexing and at times frustratingly off time, my tape deck would muscle this strangeness out of the speakers and I [...]
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