Sometimes it’s vexing when a new band’s press kit tells you what other bands they sound like. As a reviewer, this means you’re not able to listen to the music without prejudice. You’re going to compare the newer artist to the bands that their press agent just told you they sound like. In this case, we’re informed from the outset that we’ll like Oregon’s Supplemental Pills if we like Spacemen 3, The Velvet Underground, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. I am delighted to report that Supplemental Pills does in fact sound like those bands, but takes those influences and melds them together into something new. They are less derivative than…
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SONIC BOOM’S FIRST NEW ALBUM IN OVER 20 YEARS: ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL
All Things Being Equal represents Sonic Boom’s first album release in over 20 years. You heard that right. It’s also the first to be released by Carpark Records, home to several artists Peter Kember (AKA Sonic Boom) has produced himself. The album shares the same name of Kember’s previous project; he remarks “I learn from everyone I work with, and I wanted to bring what I learnt into this record,” “Everybody thinks about and listens to music in different ways.” All Things Being Equal has been in the works for over five years; the songs began as instrumental pieces in the UK and have been remixed and reworked over the…
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Planning For Burial Interview
Planning For Burial is one phenomenal man named Thom Wasluck. His resent album, 2017’s Below The House on Flenser’s Records, has been captivating fans of drone metal mixed with its eerily beautiful lullaby style instrumentation. Recently, I had the fortunate opportunity to sit down with Thom and discuss his song writing process. POW!: So Thom, your music has always, to me, been an exhausting amount of passion being expelled until there’s absolutely nothing left. Was this your intention or did you have something else in mind? Thom Wasluck: The best way I can describe it is that I never had an intention for anything. It’s just what I needed…