J. R. Moores
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Album Review: Morrissey
Short of downing a pint of frog’s piss on I’m A Celebrity, releasing an album of country duets with Shane Richie or get caught whipping his cock out a la Louis CK, it’s hard to imagine how Morrissey could sully his reputation any further. Shoddy solo album follows shoddy solo album as reliably as ignorant quip succeeds drearily ignorant quip. The ex-Smith’s latest indiscretion occurred on the… → Read More
Album Review: Mount Eerie
There is nothing this review can add to the experience of listening to A Crow Looked At Me. Sure, there’ll be an incongruous Lou Bega reference at around the 600-word mark for some light relief (it doesn’t really work) and a Nabokov quote in the penultimate paragraph to pretend I’m well-read (I’m not) but they’re hardly worth sticking around for. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you… → Read More
Bug Out Over Necro Deathmort's Minimal Synth Jams and Electro-Doom Weirdness on 'The Capsule'
Stream the London experimental duo's abstract, inhuman new album, 'The Capsule.' → Read More
Gnod Is Sometimes Sludgy, Always Loud, and Never Bored on Its New Album 'Mirror'
Check out a new video from this wildly experimental band of Northern English Michael Jackson enthusiasts. → Read More
Fuck 'Trainspotting!' 'Batman Forever' Was the Soundtrack That Truly Epitomized the Nineties
My nineties wasn't Iggy Pop, Primal Scream and Joy Division. It was The Offspring, rap music, and the unquestionable sensuality of Seal. → Read More
Fuck 'Trainspotting'! 'Batman Forever' Was the Soundtrack That Truly Epitomized the Nineties
My nineties wasn't Iggy Pop, Primal Scream and Joy Division. It was The Offspring, rap music, and the unquestionable sensuality of Seal. → Read More
Fuck Trainspotting! Batman Forever Was the Soundtrack That Truly Epitomised the Nineties
My nineties wasn't Iggy Pop, Primal Scream and Joy Division. It was The Offspring, US rap, and the unquestionable sensuality of Seal. → Read More
Fuck 'Trainspotting'! 'Batman Forever' Was the Soundtrack That Truly Epitomized the Nineties
My nineties wasn't Iggy Pop, Primal Scream and Joy Division. It was The Offspring, rap music, and the unquestionable sensuality of Seal. → Read More
Fugazi on Acid: The Cult of Bardo Pond
The psych-rock vets keep a low profile, but they deserve more shine. → Read More
'Celebrity Deathmatch' Is Back So Here Are Its Greatest Ever Music Beef Bloodbaths
Back in my day, you could watch Marilyn Manson yank Charles Manson's spine right out his shit-bearded mouth. → Read More
"My Mother Was a Sharp-Shooter," and Other Revelations From The One And Only Jarboe
The iconic musician and former Swans member talks experimentation, representation, and family. → Read More
"My Mother Was a Sharp-Shooter," and Other Revelations From The One And Only Jarboe
The iconic musician and former Swans member talks experimentation, representation, and family. → Read More
Celebrity Deathmatch Is Back So Here Are Its Greatest Ever Music Beef Bloodbaths
Back in my day, you could watch Marilyn Manson yank Charles Manson's spine right out his shit-bearded mouth. → Read More
Dope Body Are Not Lifers: An Interview & Their New Video for "Repo Man"
Baltimore’s Dope Body have got it. I don’t mean “it” as in massive popularity, extensive radio play or a dumb iTunes contract where everyone gets their album for free even when that’s the last thing they want. I mean IT: they’ve got the got the snarling, slinking, reptilian spirit of rock ‘n’ roll pumping through their collective veins. This is most apparent in the live setting, as the band’s… → Read More
Oozing Wound Make the Craziest Weird Thrash Metal About Life's Ceaseless Bullshit That Exists
Frontman Zack Weil explains his album's "bonged-out moment of creation" and why metal needs to get a little less masculine. → Read More
Lou Reed: An Eu-lulu-ogy / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
He was among the most cantankerous, single-minded “popular” musicians who ever walked the Earth says J.R. Moores. → Read More
Album Review: Metallica, Lou Reed
Lulu is the second greatest record ever made in the history of the human ear drum. Number One: Metal Machine Music. → Read More