Amoeba Music

Altman's mud movie. Roger Ebert called it perfect. Watch it so you can agree. Read more

Rocha's characters behave without the posturings of civility. Everything's primal. They emit from the earth. Read more

Flawless casting. L.A.'s an oven. Watch its rejects cannibalize themselves for attention. Read more

Joan Bennett with her Jersey accent. Jet-black hair. Jet-black heart. She makes a groveling Edward G. Robinson paint her toenails! Read more

If you thought Saltburn was perverse, Teorema is Ground Zero. Read more

The history of country music rests inside Zach Bryan's voice, like the bottom of a well. Read more

This is one solid death metal album that hits all the right notes. It is hard for me to believe that it has been 20 years since I first heard these guys on a relapse cd sampler, but in that time these folks have been busy refining their skills. Make Them Beg for death is full of heavy slam like grooves and hooks, great vocals and just enough solos. Over all a very strong album and one I find myself listening to on a regular basis. Read more

A black metal album that delivers on the atmosphere and strong compositional songs. This is the real deal folks. Another one for my albums of the year. Read more

This album is crushing. It breathes out a forbidding stench of filth, doom and despair. The art is excellent. The mix is perfect. This is death metal done right. This too will go on my albums of the year list. Read more

This band could have played it safe and made OSDM standard album #4. However, They choose to try a different approach. They took all the great tech nerd parts of VOIVOD and late era DEATH, yet never wondered into a watered down version of metal. I am looking forward to hearing where they will go next on their exploration of the creative spirit. Read more

Excellent. This is true in spirit and real black metal. More please. Read more

Did you like/love the last album? You will like/love this one too. I don’t mean any disrespect. I am in awe that year after year [33 of them] , album after album [ this is number 16], riff after riff, they keep it heavy, gross and deliver quality death metal. In short this is another solid album that shows the craftsmanship and characteristic trade mark of Cannibal Corpse. Read more

Upon first glance/ listen, I would have sworn that Azathoth’s Dream was an obscure 90’s band from France. Low a behold they are a modern day USBM from Pennsylvania. While the production is not as raw as some L.L.N. material nor is it as icy as their counter parts to the north this is a solid album that fully captures the imagination of the band and transports the listener to another night filled place, full of shadow, swamps, and eerie things. Read more

Elegant, classy, full of soul and spirit Bill Evans is always a pleasure to listen to. On this particular recording Mr. Evans used Glenn Goulds piano and the technology of the day to overdub himself playing, hence creating a conversation with the notes, keys and so on. Make no mistake this is not simply a gimmick album, but a wonderfully complex musical jazz album of the highest order. One last note this stunning reissue features the captivating track “N.Y.C.’s No Lark” an homage to his friend Sonny Clark who died way too early. Read more

God like genius jazz music which showcases galaxies with in mythology within blues within galaxies. This my readers is what music can achieve. I can’t pile on enough praise for this album that seamlessly blends modern with the vanguard of hard bop sensibilities, but wait there are stylings of reggae, country, rock, Afrobeat, polyrhythmic percussion and electronica, thrown together with that special something that U.K. musicians possess . What could have ended up as a disastrous amlagamation of too many spices instead has been blended and remixed into a cohesive and intelligent jazz album that is definitely in my best of the year. Don’t resist, get this album your ears will thank you. Read more

Dreamlike synths, lush elemental rhythms and verging on new age Neo classical compositions, Golden Apples Of The Sun is a hypnotic journey made by two master composers of creative ambient music. Read more

A European messing around with Japonism, could spell disaster and poor taste. But…much like the heralded “Eastern Flowers” and “Natura Marta” albums these are tasty love letters and pay much respect to the original source material. Expect great production of booty shaking funk and groove with a nod towards 90’s hip hop, while simultaneously being informed by some of the greatest library music in existence and you will hear why these albums are the bees knees. [Just in case no one else recommends it, “Eastern Flowers” and “Natura Marta” are worth getting too!] Which brings us to Sven Wunder’s latest offering “Late Again”, sharing many of excellent traits of the past releases. “Late Again” is an excellent wind down album or a palate cleanser to continue the party late late late into the dawn. When I listen to “Late Again” I can see myself hanging out in full on bacchanal mode with my homies deep in conversation about this or that, watching the inky black star filled sky fighting the suns first rays, with this being the soundtrack to the new day. So in short - Highly recommended albums that are worth spending all your allowance on. Read more

There is nothing that I don’t like about this album. Heavy music that has no filler and all fight. Read more

Granted this was released earlier in the year but I just got around to listening to this album. After a fourteen year hiatus, Austere return with top tier DSBM. Featuring excellent production memorable riffs and amazing vocals. Corrosion Of Hearts is an emotionally raw metal album that indeed has plenty of gloomy and dispirited atmosphere that retains a certain beauty throughout. Read more

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” - Marcus Aurelius “So desperate to evade our inevitabilities…we will harness and destroy the very life force we thrive from to just have one more day of youth and ease…we will desecrate the sacred cathedrals of the wilderness, the havens of all life just so that we can have a simpler existence, with more abundant resources for a privileged few… …And then it comes. The well dries up. The forests burn. The smoke filled air choking our lungs…the dust billowing around our homes, our bellies crying out from food scarcity, dry eyes and parched throats seeking shelter from ever violent weather, cowering in the ruins of our landscapes, between walls, huddling in fear of collapse… we look in the mirror and we see: We look old. It all served us nothing. There is no escape from death and grief and loss…So why did we do this?” - Austin Lunn From the moment you enter the world we are already in the process of aging and dying. As many of us get older we recognize that our youth is now past, we experience the loss of friends, family and we begin to feel all the aches, pains and the joy of the atomic cocktail of unknown boogeyman like affliction that you could experience at any given time. Some of us even got to ridiculous lengths to deny or stop this from happening, but as far as I know everyone of us will experience death at some point. Lunn’s latest work of art is both a commentary on the destruction of the earth, climate crisis and loss of wilderness but it is also about the human journey too. Panopticon is always high quality USBM full of character and sincerity. I savor each release and relish with genuine love for the art that is created by Lunn [and anyone else who helps conjure this magick] The Rime of Memory is certainly not a happy album, the moments of grief and emptiness are felt throughout but taken as a whole I find a work of ascendence and solace, of recognition and determination. I am deeply moved by this work of art and cannot recommend this album enough. Read more