Kingdom of Noise

Music is a drug. A strong, addicting, healing drug. Here's what I medicated with most in November. Ok, so obviously not all ...

Once again we find Baroness on top of the pile! No surprise. I love it. Love it! I also love the newest from Hippie Death Cult, ...

For the first time in a long time I went a whole month without alcohol. And the last 8 days without weed. Or wearing a hat. Thos...

We have quite the diverse lineup this month! Some psych doom, some stoner doom, some death metal, some metallic hardcore, some M...

With the exception of Weekend Nachos' classic 'Worthless' this month's Nebular Nine could constitute a good port...

Man alive! June featured some of my all time favourite bands. I've been listening to almost all these bands for years. I onl...

May 2023! What a month! Well, I make every month good because of my good taste. Ha! The Nebular Nine may have nine albums listed...

Don't be surprised of you see some of April's highlights show up on my best of 2023 list. The new Dozer album is incredi...

It's almost a given that a new Weedian comp will make this list. April will have Trip to Wisconsin guaranteed.  The new Acid...

  I spent most of February obsessing over a handful of albums. Most notably that Slomosa debut from 2020. I missed it then but I'm makin...

I've canned my weekly The Week That Was Wednesdays feature on Instagram for a bunch of reasons. (Previous posts @notglossyeh) Bu...

Well, here we are again. 2022 was actually a decent year personally. There are always big things hanging overhead but at least not many fell...

The end of 2017 was bad. 2018 was subsequently sad. 2019 was shitty. 2020 was really shitty. (There was also the pandemic.) 2021 was even ...

It goes without saying 2020 was fucked. But between all the flaming garbage I think I made big personal strides in really discovering what m...

2019 was a good year but an odd year. As you can see I'm not writing as much. I'm listening to possibly more than ever but I'm...

We Hunt Buffalo return with Head Smashed In , their second album for Fuzzorama Records. It’s one of those albums that’s deceptivel...

I read once that on average, people stop looking for new bands to listen to in their mid 30s. I turned 40 late in 2018 and I'm defini...

Cover art by Thorfinn Coffin Torture couldn't really have chosen a better name for their album. Dismal Planet works as both ...