METZ, "Drained Lake" There's a relentlessness in this kind of noise rock, where the songs specialize in a propulsive beat that just keeps chainsawing ahead regardless of what else is going on. I've compared the sound to a malfuntioning machine, and I think in both...
Floor, "Trick Scene" Floor is one of the two bands that Steve Brooks leads. Initially, Floor broke up and Brooks formed Torche, but then he brought back Floor and a couple of Floor albums have been released while Torche has still been active. Because it's...
Zeke, "Action" Fuck yeah garage rock! Spending a bunch of flowery words on this seems anthithetical to the spirit of things, so, again: fuck yeah! Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, "Black Motorcade" Kind of a horror-themed psych band, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats mostly trade in atmosphere....
METZ, "Drained Lake" The closest that noise rock ever really got to any kind of mass popularity was in the late 90s, when the grunge tide lifted up the boats of related acts like Helmet and some folks got major label contracts. But this stuff...
Queens of the Stone Age, "If I Had A Tail" There were six years between the majestic, jagged Era Vulgaris and the return album ...Like Clockwork, and that time was apparently spent with Homme thinking about bringing things back to the turn of the millenium....
