“Quiet the Room” review: Skullcrusher’s debut album stuns with Helen Ballentine’s bewitching vocals

The name Skullcrusher immediately conjures up suggestions of doom metal, sludge, or thrash metal. The paradox between the appellation, which is the project of Helen Ballentine, and the music gainsays the aggression of any category of metal. Skullcrusher’s debut album,…

‘Maximum Security Prism’ review : Rose Haze lives in the light on new album

Rose Haze released their third album, Maximum Security Prism, a few days ago – an amalgamation of mesmerizing dream-pop, textured shoegaze, and sultry psych-rock. Made up of Kate Ramsey (vocals, guitar, synth) and Ruben Valdez Gonzales (lead guitar), the album’s…

EP Review: Radiolarian – ‘The Man That Time Forgot’

Imaginative and coruscating with scrumptious, lustrous patinas of avant-garde dream-pop,’ The Man That Time Forgot’ is complex and oh so captivating.