TAG: 2012

I’m going to do a bunch of posts of bands playing Fest13 this year that I knew nothing about 20 minutes ago…

A “more punk” Banner Pilot?

We Don’t Even Live Here was one of the most punk records I heard in 2012. 

Noise rock with some gloom. So good.

Torche turns the dial from pop back to sludge. Crusher.

Photo by elawgrrl

Mountain Man - And Live In The Past.

I’ve always had an unexplainable love of bands with two drummers. 

Impale Golden Horn, is way more “petty post-rock” than a lot of the band’s other releases.

I get the distinct feeling that I should not like this band. I can’t really put my finger on why, though. Maybe is the WWE sweatshirt I saw several times while looking for a photo to post or that it looks like they only play giant festivals or empty rooms.

Never the less I keep listening the the album. They crib the Jesus Lizard pretty hard, but there are definitely worse things to steal from. 

Incredibly mixed review aside, I really do like the album a fair bit and definitely think its worth checking out.

I need more of this. Go buy it.

The Golden Bridge, as a whole is pretty uneven. The slow tracks almost sound like another band entirely. The the rockers, are balls out.

Pigs - Scrum

One of you guys is is Unsane? No Shit. I’d never have guessed.

I wasn’t as into the album this song is from (Rotten Thing To Say) when it came out as I was the band’s previous releases. It just didn’t sound the same, so I forgot about. Listening to it again, I think what probably turned me off was that the production (by Kurt Ballou) didn’t sound like shit. 

Listening to the two albums back to back, Songs For Burning Lovers sounds like it was recorded on a boombox. Its still a great album, there is no question about that, but the production can’t touch Rotten Thing To Say.

Go buy things and see them live every chance you get, you will not be disappointed. 

Slow and sludgey with just enough rock. 

The last 3rd drags a bit, but it's still a great song. 

Buy this, and their other releases at kowloonwalledcity.bandcamp.com