Brainclaw –3 Song Demo
I have to apologize to Brainclaw for being so late with this review. Unfortunately their demo got misplaced. But hey, better late than never. Spawned in 1989, Brainclaw is the brainchild of David Giuffre, who now creates riveting electronic based music with the aid of a sultry singer, by the name of Tara Lessard. The group’s aggressive futuristic electro-industrial sound conjures up fond memories of the genre’s forefathers (NIN, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Ministry, Front 242…) Their darkly themed material is rounded out by aggressive rhythms, moody textures, and angst filled beats. All three tracks are worthy of repeated spins on the dance floor and your CD player. I’d love to hear more from this band. Industrial/darkwave enthusiasts should visit mp3.com/brainclaw -NIN
god – OxDx the album (Look How Big I am)
1/4
If there is a God why does he let bands like this exist? To torture us? Possible. I guess there has to be some form of hell on earth. Hey, at lest I’m not this guy’s poor neighbors. I’m surprised they haven’t burned the garage down yet. Look, if you’re going to be conceited enough to call yourself god you better damn well be able to induce orgasms with stroke of a guitar chord. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case with this B-rate CD. For the most part, it is your standard garage demo fare – a muddy recording, bad vocals, and mediocre instrumentation. Vocalist Rem B. God plays all the instruments, but even that’s not impressive. However, the cover art is pretty cool. Maybe Mr. God should pursue art design and leave the music behind. -NIN
Quiet, Lovely - Automata, Musica
The snivelling indie rock of whiners Quiet, Lovely is neither of those things. In fact, this many-times removed derivative of Pavement is real boring and dull with none of the refineries that made Pavement at least mildly interesting. Making matters worse is remembering that Pavement did this (ahem) 10 years ago. You'd think someone would clue them in that unless you add new interesting elements, or are simply the most gifted songwriter, it's probably a waste of time to be on the playing field. -Repojay
Bert Switzer - 1977-2002
ZERO
This is a compilation of the best of Bert Switzer, drummer for The Destroyed among others. The quality of the recordings is really quite bad - you can't hear the percussion on some songs. $4 at CDBaby.com. -J
The Synthetic Dream Foundation – Sound Organized in Time
(www.MP3.com/sdf)1/2
The Synthetic Dream Foundation is in reality one guy in a University in Oklahoma. He creates beautiful and not-so nice soundscapes through electronics as well as natural instruments in mostly all-instrumental fashion. TSDF’s music would be good for soundtracks or ambient sound, but hardly makes for an active listening experience. –J
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