Last year Decibel Magazine released a food-themed issue with Municipal Waste mean-mugging with a human brain entrée on the cover. So when we noticed a culinary parody group called At the Plates we started salivating. Formed by Tony Rouse (guitar, bass, drums) and inspired by… Read More »Track Premiere: At the Plates – “Punish My Waistline”
The Good Prior to the agency undergoing dramatic changes this fall, the entity-formerly-known-as-Johnny’s (seriously, I don’t even know what to call it!) had a solid enough start to the year. Its acts continued to dominate, with record sales numbers for King & Prince ahead of… Read More »Grading the J-Pop Agencies 2023: Johnny’s & Associates / Family Club / (Who Knows?)
From having pet companions to birdwatching, the love for animals unites many of us. Yet there’s an inconvenient truth: not everyone is aware of the impact that pets have on sensitive wildlife populations. For instance, free ranging cats are one of the biggest threats to… Read More »Conserving Biodiversity: Finding Harmony Between Cats and Birds
Just to be clear, this new video from Tennessee hardcore bass-drum duo Thetan ain’t about laundry day. The “white sheets” in the title are a reference to (presumably) the Ku Klux Klan, if the invective expressed in the lyrics is any indication. The video, filmed… Read More »Video Premiere: Thetan – “White Sheets Blowing in The Breeze”
Shotmaker’s moment in time and place was pretty specific: mid-’90s, hardcore, Ontario, Canada. But the funny thing is it didn’t stop after a couple albums and the usual slew of shorter releases. They lived on in my head, in the head of anyone who heard… Read More »Shotmaker Reissue Showcases ’90s Heavy Hardcore at its Finest