As a project, Six Organs of Admittance arose from Ben Chasny’s desire to combine finger-picked guitar with ambient drone; Chasny has since expanded beyond those initial tenets to encompass experimental melodics, international harmonic influences, and ambiguous guitar tunings. Records such as Dust & Chimes and… Read More »Album Review: Six Organs of Admittance – ‘Time Is Glass’
Apart from a fantastic pre-release, YOUNITE haven’t done much to stick in my memory. I’ve written about all their title tracks, but I honestly couldn’t hum any of them today. New single Geekin is unlikely to change that, but its addictive beat helps it stand… Read More »Song Review: YOUNITE – Geekin
As we turn the calendar page from April to May, Earth Month may have ended yesterday, but that doesn’t render the care and feeding of this spinning hellscape we mosh upon any less important. Especially not in the eyes, minds, and riffs of Unearthly Rites.… Read More »Album Stream: Unearthly Rites – ‘Ecdysis’
Central Coast Mariners are premiers of A-League Men for the first time in 12 years after defeating Adelaide United 2-0. Heading into Wednesday night’s clash the Mariners needed just a draw to finish the regular season in top spot and deny the Wellington Phoenix their… Read More »Central Coast Mariners clinch A-League Premiership with win over Adelaide
Contention’s last EP, 2022’s Summer Offensive, began with a clip from the Watchmen film. Rorschach, played by Jackie Earle Haley, speaks of a war in which “millions will perish” because “there is good and there is evil, and evil must be punished.” Laying Waste to the Kingdom of… Read More »Album Review: Contention – ‘Artillery from Heaven’