Moni Jitchell are a two-piece from Glasgow, consisting of Grant Donaldson (vocals, drums, synths), and David Scott (guitar, bass). Aware is their second LP, although one might hesitate to call it a full-length as its nine tracks only add up to a total of 21 minutes.
Converge worked overtime on their last trip to the studio, resulting in two albums. The first was released back in February, and now the second of those, The Hum Of Hurt (Epitaph Records), is dropping. The buzz going into this album was that it was their Noise Rock album. And even Jacob Bannon admits that it is not a mark they hit. The opening track finds their feral speed dialed down a bit, but it is pretty metallic otherwise, just more deliberate and not as chaotic. Bannon’s vocals are not as snarled on “Doom In Bloom,” which is where the biggest change on this album lies in his more Punk-like vocal approach, replacing a great deal of his normal larynx-shredding approach.
There are always discussions of who is the biggest hardcore band out there today. While there are quite a few, stellar candidates, any conversation without mentioning Terror is simply just not valid. The California crew dropped their ninth album, Still Suffer (Flatspot Records), and is another ten tracks of aggression that chews you up and spits you up within a half hour. Continue reading