It has become that time of my life again where I am a public transport commuter. Rather than waste the time, I’ve decided to write a new column. In The Commuter Review, I will bring to you reviews of new…
5 Ways of Feeling the (music) Critique
In my most recent addition to the collaborative essay project, I mentioned that analysis and assessment of a work of art on its own merits is what defines critique. It’s not easy to turn your mind to music criticism when you’re…
REBLOGGED: 100% Genuine, Bonafide Corporate Rock: What is rock authenticity?
Written by Tom Valcanis. His third essay in our collaborative series. One of the ironies of “critical rock journalism,” writes cultural studies theorist Andy Brown is “that it is operated in a hegemonic fashion across the popular music market in…
[Release Review] MORBID ANGEL – Illud Divinum Insanus (Season of Mist)
Eight years we have waited. I wish I had never heard this album. MORBID ANGEL is one of those keystone death metal bands. Well, they were. Their last few releases have been lacklustre, and yet fans are loyal as hell…
Shrapnel: bits and pieces of metal (news)
Get your metal on! The latest metal news that’s fallen across my desk. Enjoy \m/ SUBMIT YOUR NEWS HERE. IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION changed names I know this is relatively old news but in case anybody missed it, I figured I’d…