The Anomalys
Down The Hole
Slovenly (2024)
If I have to give the elevator pitch, I’ll call The Anomalys garage rock with an ear for surf and psyche rock -- turned up to 11 and blasted through blown out speakers in an old 1980s sedan. It’s high-energy, no-frills rock ‘n’ roll with attitude. While it’s short, loud and fast, there’s also quite a bit of nuance and musical influence that oozes through the gritty first layer. The album is a mix of instrumental and vocal tracks, and the mood sometimes shifts from bite-your-thumb nihilism to pedal-to-the-metal intensity. It’s against the grain music and, while it’s anti-authority, it’s also a little low key, if that makes any sense. At times The Anomalys sound like a strobe light. All of the photos I see of the band are black and white and grainy -- or maybe it’s just in my head, because it’s exactly what I think they should look like. If I were to pick the singles, I’d select the garage-rock stomping “Flat Top” which blends surf finger-picking with fuzzy head nodding tones in a way that really keeps its momentum for a full four minutes, as well as “Slaughterhouse,” which maintains that same balance of anxiety and … Read more
Pinhead Gunpowder
Unt
1-2-3-4 Go! Records (2024)
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City Mouse
So Far Out
Brassneck Records, It's Alive (2024)
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Machine Girl
MG Ultra
Future Classic (2024)
Ideally, I would be a bit more interested in art. In visual art- paintings, sketches, MS Paint monstrosities- whatever. I … Read more
Ekko Astral
pink balloons
Topshelf (2024)
Their music is for people “who are struggling, who are at their absolute lowest". That’s a quote from vocalist and … Read more
