After their detour into the world of Italian Giallo on 2024’s sensational Nell’ora blu, Cambridge Psychedelic Doom rockers Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats return to more familiar territory on their seventh full-length studio release, Shapes of Midnight (Killer Candy Records).
There’s something about summertime and music that makes you lose yourself in the sun. Chicago’s REZN has been a band that continues to make just such music for my summer soundtrack. Their latest release, Cycles in the Infinite Dream (Sargent House), not only continues to feed that vibe, but it may just be their best work yet. I cannot ask much more of forty-three minutes, nine tracks, only one of which is an instrumental/transitional track, stellar psychedelic doom.
Nine Inch Noize is a collaborative album between producer Alex Ridha, aka Boys Noize, and Nine Inch Nails. Or at least that is how it’s being billed. The truth is, this is a remix album. Supposedly, live performances might be mixed in as well, but we can get to that later. Nine Inch Nails these days is basically just Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. If you are looking for the big arena Rock riffs, that is not happening; these songs are strictly electronic. That’s not to say the synths don’t have heft, and Reznor’s voice roots it in the sound you expect from him. The track listing replicates their Coachella set list. Continue reading