Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
October, 2010
Ghoul Poon
By MaryAnn Bayer
First things first, Ghoul Poon is not a band. Ghoul Poon is a mondo-bizarro cabal hell-bent on freaking you the fuck out. Coming from some Upstate NY town where one can easily dispose of an unwanted corpse, Ghoul Poon is industrial/psych like pre-lollapalooza Butthole Surfers with a visual presentation that leaves me feeling [...]
Christian Mistress
By MaryAnn Bayer
I miss the olden days, pre-interweb, when a music fan had to put in some legwork in order to get ‘into’ a band. Something about all this readily available information, photos, and streaming music just ruins learning about new, cool, bands for me. Allow me to have a senior moment, I remember having [...]
September, 2010
Torche
By MaryAnn Bayer
So, I cannot pull away from Torche “Songs for Singles” on the always quality laden Hydra Head Records. It’s right up my alley and really anyone else with good taste should check it out. The record just sounds triumphant, metallic, and huge and makes me stand up when I’m listening to it. It’s [...]
Rawhead
By MaryAnn Bayer
Hailing from Glens Falls, N.Y., Rawhead makes instrumental hip hop beats; I’ll refrain from any embarrassing attempts at describing this process. I’ll let him tell you. What I can do is tell you why I like his beats, and express why you probably will to. I like the sounds of crackle from REAL [...]
The Body
By MaryAnn Bayer
I have been in a constant state of fright since The Body came into my life. Nothing that Count Grishnackh or Fenriz have produced has me more affected than the sound coming from Chip and Lee, just a couple of guys from Providence via Arkansas. The Body are a two piece at their [...]
