Spectreview
Here you’ll find a collection of music reviews using the Spectreview system. We cover everything from popular releases to local music.
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Retrospectreview: Lost Grunge Progenitors Bam Bam Don’t Deserve Obscurity, and “Free Fall From Space” Is Proof
Free Fall From Space, compiled from songs recorded in 1984 at Reciprocal, showcases Bam Bam's peculiar proto-grunge power and Tina Bell's masterful command of the mic.
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Spectreview: The Armed – ULTRAPOP
The Armed's ULTRAPOP is brilliantly variegated heavy music that begs (ironically) to be isolated from the enigmatic band's promotional antics.
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Spectreview: Tyler Holmes – Nightmare in Paradise
In its restrained yet visceral approach to catharsis, Tyler Holmes' Nightmare in Paradise transcends labels and cuts straight through to the core.
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Spectreview: Spirit of the Beehive – ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH
The drugs stop working as intended on Spirit of the Beehive's chaotic, incredibly dense ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH.
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Spectreview: Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg
On New Long Leg, Dry Cleaning take the poignant mundanity of their signature post-punk and stretch it to brilliant ends.
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Spectreview: Kalbells – Max Heart
New York’s Kalbells form a lysergic chrysalis in the vivid, technicolor psych pop of Max Heart.
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Spectreview: Animales de Poder – Augura
Uruguayan trio Animales de Poder capture a mystifying, breathtaking beauty on their debut record.
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Spectreview: Iffin – When The Paper Graves
Seattle-based art-rocker Iffin pairs brittle guitar and dissonant soundscapes with classic DIY pop melodies in her new EP.
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Spectreview: Charmaine Lee – KNVF
New York experimental artist Charmaine Lee distorts and contorts her voice to illustrational ends on the bold, adventurous KNVF.
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Spectreview: SLANT – 1집
South Korean band Slant aim to take hardcore punk right back to its origins on their blistering debut LP.