Category Archives: Noise Rock

September 06

Iceage – Ecstasy

Title: Ecstasy Artist: Iceage Album: You’re Nothing Year: 2013 Genre: Punk Rock, Post-Punk, Noise Rock Elias Bender Ronnefelt described it recently, “the pressure that brings you back down to drab reality.” Hmm…. I guess that’s true because Iceage, just like Joy Division before them, through bleak music, they try to explain how the forces of control make freedom impossible […]

September 05

Vatican Shadow – Enter Paradise

Title: Enter Paradise Artist: Vatican Shadow Album: Remember Your Black Day Year: 2013 Genre: Experimental, Dark Wave, Techno, Noise Rock Dominick Fernow, aka Prurient, but here as Vatican Shadow is putting out his first LP called Remember Your Black Day, after a long run of cassete only and vinyl releases. Appropriate after his noise techno danceable release Through […]

August 27

Iceage – Coalition

Title: Coalition Artist: Iceage Album: You’re Nothing Year: 2013 Genre: Post-Punk, Noise Rock “Coalition” reveals itself as a devastating admission of doubt and sexual identity: “Wants me to take her/ But blockades run through my veins/ Something denies coalition with you.” It’s easy to miss the impact of Ronnenfeldt’s words, as Iceage’s music grows thicker, […]