King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It’s an Olympic band name that such a huge band deserves. They consist of seven members – three guitarists, two drummers, multiple vocalists, bass and a guy who plays a mean harmonica. They’re also huge in terms of popularity, recently selling out every date on a headlining US tour.… Continue reading Baldwin’s Choice: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
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Single Review: “Take This Rose” by Joeyi
A classical pianist and music teacher, Connecticut native Joe Infurchia has turned to songwriting and just released his first single, “Take This Rose.” The refreshing pop number harkens back to a time of innocence in courtship and love that has become a unicorn in today’s Tinder world. “You were so darn pretty,” Infurchia sings, “that I just… Continue reading Single Review: “Take This Rose” by Joeyi
Album Review: One Master’s Lycanthropic Burrowing
One Master is one of the leading dark lights in USBM at the moment. For well on 15 years, they have been churning out vicious and malevolent music that isn’t for the weak or false. Their newest album Lycanthropic Burrowing (set for release 7/14/17 via Eternal Death Records) conjures up a maelstrom of serrated riffs, pounding… Continue reading Album Review: One Master’s Lycanthropic Burrowing
Baldwin’s Choice: Magma
It’s satisfying to know that there’s a progressive rock band out there that takes the negative tags associated with the genre and runs with them. French progressive band Magma have answered critical statements like “pretentious,” “bombastic,” and “pompous” with a “hell yes we are” defiance since the early 70s. And they remain to this day… Continue reading Baldwin’s Choice: Magma
Half a Split Review: Lords of Beacon House
By Jeff McCarthy LORDS OF BEACON HOUSE are a San Pedro, California trio who play 70’s psych rock with a proto-metal heft to it. The material enclosed at the link below is from the forthcoming split album with bro band Great Electric Quest (to drop via Glory Or Death Records on 6/16/17). It’s also the… Continue reading Half a Split Review: Lords of Beacon House
Baldwin’s Choice: Cardiacs
Cardiacs is what happens when worlds collide. Who would have thought that two completely separate rock subgenres with two entirely different musical outlooks would ever be able to work together? This band found a way, and the results are very exciting. Although bandleader Tim Smith will never admit to it, Cardiacs is the first (and… Continue reading Baldwin’s Choice: Cardiacs
Album Review: The Psyatics’ Famous Monsters
Vegas surf n roll band The Psyatics present fourteen energetic tracks in their third album Famous Monsters. Recently returned from a tour of Japan, the veteran band seeks to become “Las Vegas legends” who spread their music worldwide. Will they make it? I don’t know, but I can say this — if The Psyatics were… Continue reading Album Review: The Psyatics’ Famous Monsters