Album Reviews

Alias - Fever Dream (Anticon)
Underground hip hop still has a lot to offer.
Posted on Sep 5th, 2011
All Pigs Must Die - God Is War (Southern Lord)
Southern Lord continues to go against the perceived image of them as purveyors of arty doom by letting rip with more crust-inflected hardcore, and THIS one is a real doozy.
Posted on Sep 5th, 2011
Tarwater - Inside The Ships (Tapete)
Ronald Lippok and Bernd Jestram, aka Tarwater, are a German duo specialising in moody, atmospheric grooves overlaid with detached, ambiguous spoken vocals… and sound exactly how you imagine they would.
Posted on Aug 29th, 2011
The United Sons Of Toil - When The Revolution Comes, Everything Will Be Beautiful (Phratry)
Blue collar proletariat precision noiserocker trio The United Sons Of Toil have a manifesto and a purpose - aside, that is, from rockin' your lame asses off – and, unlike some, they mean it maaaaaan.
Posted on Aug 29th, 2011
Iceage - New Brigade (Abeano)
Post-punk, discordant, with the spirit of New Wave: A welcome release from Iceage.
Posted on Aug 29th, 2011
Hot Head Show - The Lemon LP
Fresh from supporting the mighty Primus on their recent tour, London three piece Hot Head Show release their debut long player The Lemon LP to whoops of joy here at Bearded HQ.
Posted on Aug 23rd, 2011
North Sea Radio Orchestra - I A Moon (The Household Mark)
Alternative chamber music never sounded so good.
Posted on Aug 23rd, 2011
Larsen - Cool Cruel Mouth (Tin Angel)
Italian act Larsen’s ninth album sees them joined by veteran multimedia artist and vocalist Little Annie ‘Anxiety’ Bandez, who has recorded with Crass and Adrian Sherwood’s ON-U-Sound collective, among others.
Posted on Aug 23rd, 2011
The Slaves - Grey Angel (Paradigms)
Sweeping, droning, doomy gothic elements from The Slaves make us linger by candlelight.
Posted on Aug 18th, 2011
Hyde & Beast - Slow Down (Tail Feather)
Two drummers make a wonderful noise with Slow Down
Posted on Aug 17th, 2011
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