REVIEW: THE ERNIE 4 - "One Baskervoid Frottage - 30 Minutes With The Ernie 4" - stream - 2012

One Baskervoid Frottage

THE ERNIE FOUR
"One Baskervoid Frottage: 30 Minutes With The Ernie 4" Bandcamp stream
http://thecheshiredragon.bandcamp.com/track/one-baskervoid-frottage
Soulful echoes from distant times and spaces, layered and sliced like bisecting the universe itself. This piece is thirty minutes of continuous feelings, the inner tentacles of the mind feeding back on itself. Cross sections of fear enfolding themselves and each other. There are moments. Echoes that sound like trains colliding and collating? The synth? drones throughout and toward the end taunt you, teasing you with what could've been! This could've been a lost Cyberaktif b-side after all. But no, it couldn't. It wasn't, it didn't. This overarching crescendo comes home, the end. What, do it again? Okay. Let's go one more time.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: The Mighty Accelerator - "Soccer Mom" EP, 2011

The Mighty Accelerator - Soccer Mom EP

THE MIGHTY ACCELERATOR
Soccer Mom
EP, Download, 2011http://themightyaccelerator.bandcamp.com/
Funtime hard-rockin' rock band songs that are equal parts Midwestern punk and classic rock. Cowbell AND double-kick drumming in the same song. Kind of like a lighter Motorhead, something like that. "Shake It" opens with some heaviness, and the chorus reminds me of Tad. Stylistically it sounds like a mashup of Celtic Frost and Cinderella. This would make a nice 7" vinyl single, I'm sure Andy would've done that back in the day. "Mustache Foam" has dynamics and riffs for a semi-epic vibe. The production is nice but not so overpowering that I feel the need to mosh here, or stagedive off of my desk. Clean and professional in a good way, and fun.
Ian C Stewart

NEWS: Russ Stedman goes to Bandcamp with "Rat​-​House & Homie​-​Cone"

Rat​-​House & Homie​-​Cone, 2011

Join Russ Stedman at bandcamp for the rest of the summer.
Admission is only five dollars, and it includes this hot new compilation of Stedmusik.
http://russstedman.bandcamp.com/

REVIEW: THE IMPLICIT ORDER - FOR YOUR EYES ONLY EP

The Implicit Order - For Your Eyes Only EP, 2011

THE IMPLICIT ORDER
For Your Eyes Only EP, Bandcamp, 2011
Three-piece refresher course on Anthony Washburn's aesthetic. The title track is dark, rhythmic, Bill Nelson style atmospheric, new-agey in a good way, relatively uptempo epic at seven and a half minutes. It's a cross between gorgeous and hellish. "Kingdom Of Blood" features christian preaching-type stuff, behind reverby synth pads. I prefer the instrumental stuff, "Monsters Among Us" is pleasant little three minute bit of haze to round things out. Is this my first time hearing The Implicit Order? Maybe it just feels like it. Now I'm a fan.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: Brownian Motion - Midnight Vawk In The Park - 2009

BROWNIAN MOTION
Midnight Vawk In The Park, Bandcamp, 2009
18 minutes of deeply processed, experimental sound that began life as a college radio broadcast. Now, it's more like a digital twang across the chops. It sounds like it's being echoed out by hand delay, overdosing on the regeneration. Strangely exhilirating, especially toward the end, when something resembling a human voice gradually returns. It's a very cool touch to sort of return to the beginning, somewhat, sort of, not really. Totally!
Ian C Stewart