To say that Brighton’s King Goat set themselves a high bar with début album Conduit (self-released) is like saying that Donald Trump is a wee bit controversial. To merely label them a Doom band is, similarly, doing the quintet a severe disservice: that début was laced with emotional vocals, choirs overlaying evocative bridges, and light, textured instrumentalism. It was a tour de force precious few expected.Continue reading
Thirty-five years, and now fourteen albums, of railing against the establishment and providing regular, biting social commentary and Spear of Destiny mainstay Kirk Brandon could have been forgiven for dialling it down on Tontine, a fan-funded album released on Brandon’s own Eastersnow imprint, and just appeasing the masses with re-recordings, or watered down versions, of hits of yesteryear. Instead, the lack of giving a fuck that comes with such longevity and belligerence of vision fuels an interesting and diversely poetic selection of tracks. Continue reading
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Boston punks Rebuilder is streaming their debut full length Rock & Roll In America in its entirety and is out June 2, 2015 via Panic State Records here. The album was recorded by Jay Maas (Defeater, Transit, Make Do And Mend, Polar Bear Club) at Getaway Recording.
Rock & Roll In America tracklist:
01: The National Bohemian
02: Look What You’ve Done
03: Heart Attack
04: Le Grand Fromage
05: Adults
06: Empty Streets
07: When I Grow Up
08: Luke Warm
09: The White Flag
10: Hope Diamond
11: American Dread
Tour Dates:
Jun 12: The Shaskeen – Manchester, NH (w/ Save Ends, Great White Tourist, Bedfellows)
Jun 22: O’Brien’s Pub – Allston, MA (w/ Toys That Kill)
Jul 17: Brighton Music Hall – Brighton, MA *
Jul 18: Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA *
Jul 19: Stone Pony Summer Stage – Asbury Park, NJ *
Aug 02: Great Scott – Allston, MA (w/ Darkbuster)
Oct 30 – Nov 01: Fest 14 – Gainesville, FL
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