ALBUM REVIEW: “Forgiveness Rock Record” by Broken Social Scene

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Matt Pike’s teeth may be rotting before our very eyes, but his thunderous power trio High On Fire just gets stronger and more incisive on Snakes For The Divine, a roaring, relatively brief blast of circa-now metal given some slightly more accessible sweetening from producer Greg Fidelman. Pike’s hoarse, abrasive, Lemmy-esque yawp seems even more powerful and varied than on past records, and the songs gallop along with neck-snapping momentum and the sort of colossal riffs and rhythms that live up to the grandiose, grim pulp-metal nuttiness that has defined the band’s aesthetic across five albums.

Artist: Adam Green Album: Minor Love Label: Fat Possum Rating: 9.2/10 What do you get when you add one part early Lou Reed, two parts Leonard Cohen, a soupcon of Beck and just the tiniest splash of Iggy Pop? Adam Green’s latest record that’s what…. And that is a damn good thing. This 14 song [...]

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