Nancy Grim Kells is the founder of Grimalkin Records, a collectively run label spotlighting QTBIPOC artists. They have been making music since the 90s under the moniker Spartan Jet-Plex but, most of those recordings did not make it out into the zeitgeist until 2019. On Touchante, Kells plays with the atonal and melody to sound bathe the listener into dreamlike, … Continue reading Review: Spartan Jet-Plex – Touchante

I have to be honest. I do not like country music. Closest I come in my musical tastes to it would be rockabilly, cowpunk and the immortal Johnny Cash. Maybe it was being forced to move to the Midwest from New York City that set up this distaste. But, Cold Water’s“Instead, I am a Golden Oriole” has … Continue reading Review: Cold Water – Instead, I am a Golden Oriole

Grief takes you on a journey. All the memories rise up in a wave of sweet and bitter nostalgia to wash over you in a relentless cascade of pain and pleasure. You lie upon the cold sand beach to stare up into a sky moving from star filled midnight blue to California dawn like a … Continue reading Review: The Lost Days – In The Store (Album)

Nova One creates a mighty self with a thoughtfulness and longing that only engineers experienced with rebirth and self-discovery can lovingly construct from the ashes of previous incarnation. They are your best friend you call in the middle of the night when you need a voice that understands. They are the partner you deserve. Believe Me is … Continue reading Review: Nova One – Create Myself

So Nice Yesterday must be children of King Tubby. The dub revolution that he started is palpable in these five loving vibes of their Chant. From first to last, you are caressed in chill dub waves that expand time and consciousness. Even though the whole run time is just a smidge over sixteen minutes, each track flows smooth … Continue reading Review: So Nice Yesterday – Chant(EP)

If this were, oh, 1974, “Trio” would be a thirty track, triple LP, with in addition to the gate folded cover, a full width booklet covering all the liner notes, production tales and lots and lots of art and photos. If it were up to me, I would design it and go into my TARDIS to place … Continue reading Review: Spartan Jet-Plex – Trio

The choice that Morpheus poses to Neo between the “red pill” and the “blue pill” seems like a binary one. He even states it as such to Neo by saying you would either wake up in your bed or see how far the rabbit hole goes. I always saw a third option. Take both pills. Each pill is a reality but, … Continue reading Review: Cin The Ciege – The Gaytrix

Hellcoil‘s Demon Rocks‘ six songs are your rough hewn, stone steps of descent into a place of fire and brimstone. There is no turning around in those twenty minutes. No reprieve. Voices like souls in beautiful torment enrapture your ears like the wailing smoke of the damned. For full effect and to complete the incantation, repeat … Continue reading Review: Hellcoil – Demon Rocks