1990s

With this influential 90s post-hardcore band Unwound back on the road again, I have dug back into the extensive catalogue of one of my favourite bands with the track “Envelope”.

After being on the edge of my mind for years now, I finally dug in deep to Detroit electro duo Drexciya and some items in their back catalogue, including this track.

The 1999 album Blank-Wave Arcade by synth punk group The Faint contains two tracks that cleverly share the same riff. Some déja vu action indeed!

After recently going through a short, intense phase of listening to tracks of Washington DC’s cult band Lungfish, here’s my overview of their sound.

Getting a re-issue now on the US label Solid Brass, I took a listen to Came By To Kill Me (1996) by post-hardcore group Kerosene 454 after many years.

One that re-entered my head after quite some time by accident, that being the opening track “Heads Down” from the sole 1998 LP by The Farewell Bend.

A magical, icy instrumental number called “Dark River” from Coil‘s third album, Love’s Secret Domain, that has had some lasting power for me.

The challenging major label debut album Pony Express Record by Washington DC’s Shudder To Think and to me one of the most beautiful oddball signings of the 90s alternative boom.

With the recent passing of Sparkmarker guitarist/vocalist Kim Kinakin, this is a look at their 1994 release Products And Accessories and the track “Levi’s Deklein”.

A revisit to the one and only LP by Regulator Watts (ex-Hoover), a record I hadn’t listened to in over two decades. Atmospheric and dark post-hardcore.

The Monorchid were a short-lived Washington DC band coming from a long lineage of players in that scene, resulting in a unique, wire-y sound.

This track from the short-lived 90s hardcore band Universal Order Of Armageddon features one of the most blinding false endings in the genre.

A look at the details of the track “Doomsday” by post-(insert term here) “supergroup” June Of 44 from their 1998 album Four Great Points.