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The Rockometer: Feels Like by Bully
In a recent interview with Humanity Magazine, quoted by Rolling Stone, '90s rock goddess, Courtney Love lamented the sad state of women in mainstream alternative rock. "I'm the last chick on alternative radio that they’ll play, and it’s really kind of stupid," she said.
Bully's Alicia Bognanno has something to say about women in rock, too. Her band's debut album, Feels Like, is an adrenaline fueled trip down memory lane to a time that really isn't that too far in the past when the original Riot Girls inspired '90s chart toppers like Hole, L7, and, um, Lisa Loeb. No really, listen to Bognanno and one moment she shows all the vulnerability of a first-timer at open mic night, like a Lisa Loeb, and the next moment she's raging like Courtney Love, born and bred in the seedier spots of the rock scene.
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Play Me: “Starved For” by Strange Wilds
There's nothing fancy, or particularly strange, about "Starved For," by the Olympia, Washington power trio, Strange Wilds, and, that's exactly what makes it so enjoyable. Their plug-in, rock out attitude can be traced back to the '90s and bands like Mudhoney and Seaweed, and even contemporary neighbors like Milk Music. Clocking in at just under three minutes, the bullshit-free "Starved For," has enough time for some good licks and some good shouts. Give me ten more tracks like this one and I'll be a happy man.
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Play Me: “Torturer” by Krill
The Mass band, Krill, have a lot going for them. They have a steadily increasing profile on the up-and-coming rock label, Exploding in Sound records. They have a name and sound that reflects the best of '90s guitar rock. And yet, in true '90s, throwback fashion, they can't find satisfaction in any of it.
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Play Me: “Nights in the Dark” by California X
Don't be alarmed by the D&D inspired album art on the embed below. California X are still the same band of rippers who make motorcycle rock for people who'd rather stomp a Steppenwolf LP than consider the possibility that their old man has good taste in music
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The Rockometer: Down on the Farm/Cosmic Psychos/Do the Hack by Cosmic Psychos
Cosmic Pshychos
Down on the Farm/Cosmic Psychos/Do the Hack
Goner Records
Never heard of ...
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The Rockometer: S/T by California X
California X
California X
Don Giovanni Records
By deftly ...
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It’s a Sub Pop Sludge Feast: New Jams by Mudhoney and Pissed Jeans
Grunge OGs, Mudhoney have never gone away. They've been slinging sludge for Sub Pop Records since the very beginning of grunge. And if ...
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The Rockometer: Harmoniacraft by Torche
Torche
Harmoniacraft
Volcom
The question, when is more of the same no longer a good thing, is one critics often have to confront. It's also a ...
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