On their second album, Guerillaton, Made in Mexico combines two styles you wouldn’t think could possibly combine coherently, but they do — namely, no-wave and reggaeton. And they make it work really well, in a highly original take on either genre…
Athletic Automaton’s album A Journey Through Roman’s Empire starts like an angry car, gets into a bruising pace, and doesn’t shift from that gear. What partially deflects the bullying effect of the music is that it’s performed by two guys in jerseys…
On their debut album, Epic Fits, PRE plays an abrasive strain of noise-rock that nonetheless still rocks. They play songs in post-Daydream Nation fashion, but with the energy of a hardcore band. The band uses two basses in addition to guitar, drums, and a woman having a fit…
