Articles by Scott Brand
Listening to your local album rock radio station is a lot like re-watching the classic Star Wars trilogy for the umpteenth time: surprise and better taste leave the building in favor of comfortable nostalgia. You …
Math rock is something of a loaded term, its blanket label seeping into many other corners and sub-sub genres of music. What does math rock connote exactly? Is it the instrumental spaceiness and stuttered rhythms …
Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt *GASP* PLAYING ON A STAGE!!!?!?!?!!?? This was something truly shocking to see, given that the band usually prefers to set up in the middle of the audience and let loose. But the …
A fairly robust and interesting lineup, a nice tranquil location for rocking and super cheap admission prices ($8!); FYF Fest, now in it’s sixth year, was primed to be an awesome experience and, based on …
Warner Bros/Reprise
Released: July 14th, 2009
When looked at in its separate pieces, The Dead Weather should make for an awesome band: Jack Lawrence doing solid bass, Allison Mosshart yowling away on vocals, QOTSA’S Dean Fertita on …
Daymare Recordings
Released: 08/19/2009
Boris and Torche teaming up for the split release Chapter Ahead Being Fake is akin to manna from heaven, an incredible gift from the realms of heavy, distorted and brutal music. And …
Aug. 11th, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
For the past few years of having been aware of Sunn O))), accounts of their live show have always struck me as …
