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LOW_HEY WHAT_FRONT_SftDS People are running out of superlatives when talking about Low’s latest and hey, you know what, we agree because it’s pretty… pretty…. pretty good.
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Posted in WRM. Tagged 2021, Alan Sparhawk, B.J. Burton, Bon Iver, Double Negative, HEY WHAT, Low, Mimi Parker, Minnesota, noise rock, One and Sixes, review, Slowcore, Sub Pop

BIG|BRAVE – Vital

August 11, 2021 by Wander Meulemans

Big Brave_front_SftDS Yikes! Screamy capitals and an upright dash instead of spacing… Continue reading →

Posted in WRM. Tagged 2021, A Gaze Among Them, Au De La, Big Brave, BIG|BRAVE, Canada, Drone, folk, heavy, industrial, Louis-Alexandre Beauregard, Mathieu Bernard Ball, Metal, Michael Gira, minimal, Montreal, review, Robin Wattie, Southern Lord, Sunn O))), Swans, Vital

black midi – Cavalcade

July 30, 2021 by Wander Meulemans

black-midi-Cavalcade-Front_SftDS Sorry, we have to debunk a few superlatives about black midi’s sophomore album. Right now! Continue reading →

Posted in WRM. Tagged 2021, black midi, Bossa Nova, Cavalcade, Charlie Parker, Fusion, Geordie Greep, Jazz, King Crimson, math rock, Post-Rock, Rough Trade, Schlagenheim

Sounds from the Dark Side top albums of 2021 (until now)

June 30, 2021 by Wander Meulemans

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Let’s wrap up the first six months of 2021 in a list shall we.

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Posted in RP, RP&WRM, WRM. Tagged 2021, album, album review, Blaze Bayley, Del Rio, Ding Dong. You´re Dead., Epica, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Helloween, In the Furrows Of Common Place, Jim Ghedi, Kiri Ra!, Leviathan, Omega, Ralph Plug, review, The Notwist, Therion, Tribulation, USA/Mexico, Vertigo Days, Wander Meulemans, War Within Me, Where the Gloom Becomes Sound, year list

Hedvig Mollestad Trio – Ding Dong. You´re Dead.

June 16, 2021 by Wander Meulemans

Let there be rock! And jazz… Hedvig Mollestad Trio_ Ding Dong. You´re Dead_front_SftDS Continue reading →

Posted in WRM. Tagged 2021, Albatre, All of Them Witches, Bitches Brew, Black Stabat Matters, cd, Ding Dong. You´re Dead., Ellen Brekken, Fusion, hard rock-jazz, Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Ivar Loe Bjørnstad, Jazz, Jazz Rock, Jimmy Page, John McLaughlin, Miles Davis, Motorpsycho, Music, Norway, Ray Russel, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Rock, Rockland, Rune Grammofon, Zu

Dinosaur Jr. – Sweep It Into Space

June 6, 2021 by Wander Meulemans

Since we didn’t review Dinosaur Jr.’s eleventh, we felt somewhat obliged to review their twelfth studio album. So here is our take on Sweep It Into Space. Continue reading →

Posted in WRM. Tagged 2021, cd, Dinosaur Jr., Give a Glimpse of What Yer, hard rock, J Mascis, Jagjaguwar, Kurt Vile, Lou Barlow, Murph, review, Rock, Sebadoh, Sweep It Into Space, Without a Sound

Motorpsycho – Kingdom of Oblivion

May 17, 2021 by Wander Meulemans

Motorpsycho_Kingdom of Oblivion_cover_SftDS Although every new Motorpsycho release is met with a warm welcome here at Sounds From the Darkside, it doesn’t mean that were without critical remarks about the content. Continue reading →

Posted in WRM. Tagged Bent Saether, Deathprod, Deep Purple, folk, Gullvåg trilogy, Hans Magnus, hard rock, Jaga Jazzist, Kingdom of Oblivion, Little Lucid Moments, Motorpsycho, Norway, prog, Roadwork vol. 2, Rock, Ståle Storløkken, The All Is One, The Light Fantastic, The Tower, Tomas Järmir, Trondheim

USA/Mexico – Del Rio

May 9, 2021 by Wander Meulemans

Is this still music? Let’s find out.

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Posted in WRM. Tagged 12XU, 2021, Boris, Butthole Surfers, Colby Brinkman, Craig Clouse, Del Rio, doom, EARTH, Godzilla, heavy, King Coffey, Matamoros, Merzbow, Nate Cross, noise, Riot Season, Sunn O))), USA/Mexico

Nightshift – Zöe

April 15, 2021 by Wander Meulemans

nightshift_zoe_cover_sftds …mmm, “it’s gonna be a long night, with sweet sounds…on the nightshift”. Oh, right. Sorry about that. We’re talking about a different kind of night shift today. Curious? Continue reading →