Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
The power trio behind this year’s newest psych-meets-metal band are none other than Ty Segall, Charlie Moothart and Roland Cosio. Better known now as Fuzz, Segall’s latest release drifts further away from the garage rock, thrash-happy, carnivorous efforts we’ve seen him come up with, and most certainly shatters glass compared to the likes of his last solo album, the acoustic Sleeper. Band mates Moothart and Cosio made their names as members of The Moonhearts a few years back, where Moothart played drums, Cosio on the guitar and friendly face Mikal Cronin on bass. It’s no wonder these high school friends are back in the limelight – they’ve been making music together for the last decade.
Though it wouldn’t be difficult for any fan of Ty Segall to identify who was backing the vocals and power riffs in an unidentified 7″ release by...
The power trio behind this year’s newest psych-meets-metal band are none other than Ty Segall, Charlie Moothart and Roland Cosio. Better known now as Fuzz, Segall’s latest release drifts further away from the garage rock, thrash-happy, carnivorous efforts we’ve seen him come up with, and most certainly shatters glass compared to the likes of his last solo album, the acoustic Sleeper. Band mates Moothart and Cosio made their names as members of The Moonhearts a few years back, where Moothart played drums, Cosio on the guitar and friendly face Mikal Cronin on bass. It’s no wonder these high school friends are back in the limelight – they’ve been making music together for the last decade.
Though it wouldn’t be difficult for any fan of Ty Segall to identify who was backing the vocals and power riffs in an unidentified 7″ release by...
- 10/8/2013
- by Brit Jean
- Obsessed with Film
Fubar: Balls To The Wall
Blu-ray | DVD | On Demand
Directed by Michael Dowse
Starring: David Lawrence, Paul J. Spence, Andrew Sparacino, Terra Hazelton
Screen Media Films
Release date: April 20, 2011
The sequel to the Canadian mockumentary comedy, Fubar, has arrived. Screen Media Films have been marketing this film as "Spinal Tap meets The Trailer Park Boys" - but it's got a bit of Jackass in there too, as well as a touch of Tenacious D, Bill and Ted, and Wayne's World thrown in for good measure. And while there is truth to the comparisons above, there's something about the sequel, Fubar: Balls to the Wall that stands on its own. If you're a metalhead, and enjoy any of the films mentioned above, then this is a movie you will most likely enjoy.
And there's metal and hard rock spread nicely throughout this film, with songs from and references to bands such as Dio,...
Blu-ray | DVD | On Demand
Directed by Michael Dowse
Starring: David Lawrence, Paul J. Spence, Andrew Sparacino, Terra Hazelton
Screen Media Films
Release date: April 20, 2011
The sequel to the Canadian mockumentary comedy, Fubar, has arrived. Screen Media Films have been marketing this film as "Spinal Tap meets The Trailer Park Boys" - but it's got a bit of Jackass in there too, as well as a touch of Tenacious D, Bill and Ted, and Wayne's World thrown in for good measure. And while there is truth to the comparisons above, there's something about the sequel, Fubar: Balls to the Wall that stands on its own. If you're a metalhead, and enjoy any of the films mentioned above, then this is a movie you will most likely enjoy.
And there's metal and hard rock spread nicely throughout this film, with songs from and references to bands such as Dio,...
- 4/28/2011
- by Greg Davies
- Geeks of Doom
Nick Cave and crew's "Grinderman 2" is a filthy, loathsome, blown-out excuse of an album. And I highly recommend it. I say excuse because it's abusively clear that Cave is using this Bad Seeds side project-turned-real deal to muse about his favorite things, "Chicks. Death. Love," and just sound tremendously tough while doing it.
And Grinderman 2 is tough, make no mistake, like guitars strung with hair from Warren Ellis' beard, tough. But these are love songs nonetheless -- for rogue men, hungry wolf men that dream broken dreams. "You are the moon! Who needs the moon? / You are the stars! Who needs the stars? / O cling to me little baby in this broken dream," Cave howls on "Evil."
Musically, you have to go back to say, 1968 and the primitive psychedelic blues-rock of bands like Blue Cheer to find the roots of this malevolence. The band strives for a raw sound...
And Grinderman 2 is tough, make no mistake, like guitars strung with hair from Warren Ellis' beard, tough. But these are love songs nonetheless -- for rogue men, hungry wolf men that dream broken dreams. "You are the moon! Who needs the moon? / You are the stars! Who needs the stars? / O cling to me little baby in this broken dream," Cave howls on "Evil."
Musically, you have to go back to say, 1968 and the primitive psychedelic blues-rock of bands like Blue Cheer to find the roots of this malevolence. The band strives for a raw sound...
- 9/26/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Here is a guest review from Sean Highkin, a writer/editor at our sister music site, 130Bpm. You can view all his work here and check out the review below.
There are few subjects in popular music that merit legit documentary treatment more than the legendary Toronto prog-rock power trio Rush. It’s one of rock’s most flat-out unique stories: three nerdy Canadians struggle on the club circuit for a few years, get told by their label to get more commercial, respond with an Ayn Rand-inspired concept piece which improbably becomes their best-selling album to date, and spend the next three-plus decades cranking out smart, forward-thinking rock, becoming a perennial top concert draw, and gaining a legion of near-Deadhead-level fans (full disclosure: I’m one of them) while somehow never getting anywhere near the mainstream critical acclaim they deserve.
The good news is that you’d be hard-pressed...
There are few subjects in popular music that merit legit documentary treatment more than the legendary Toronto prog-rock power trio Rush. It’s one of rock’s most flat-out unique stories: three nerdy Canadians struggle on the club circuit for a few years, get told by their label to get more commercial, respond with an Ayn Rand-inspired concept piece which improbably becomes their best-selling album to date, and spend the next three-plus decades cranking out smart, forward-thinking rock, becoming a perennial top concert draw, and gaining a legion of near-Deadhead-level fans (full disclosure: I’m one of them) while somehow never getting anywhere near the mainstream critical acclaim they deserve.
The good news is that you’d be hard-pressed...
- 6/19/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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