boris / dronevil -final-

So I’ve just received the latest Boris album. Apparently released in predictably limited numbers last year on vinyl, Inoxia just released the set on double CD. The packaging is excellent (there are six CD-shaped thin paper inserts, three for each disc, that have vague pics of the band members) as per usual, and I figuredContinue reading “boris / dronevil -final-“

Live review: Boris, 13 April 2006

Sheffield Corporation. Support: Grails So this was a last minute deal for me. Thought I was going to be out of the country for this one, but an important job interview forced me to delay the holiday, meaning I was free this evening. Luckily, one of my allies in good music was up for theContinue reading “Live review: Boris, 13 April 2006”

Live Review: Melt-Banana, 18 November 2005

Joseph’s Well, Leeds. Support: Khanate Melt-Banana. What a band. They play some bizarre cartoon mix of very intense hardcore, grindcore and recently even electronic music. They are the perfect ‘extreme’ band for today’s MTV-conditioned, two-minute attention span society, with its desire for the instant fix. The fix doesn’t come much more instantly than Melt’s veryContinue reading “Live Review: Melt-Banana, 18 November 2005”