Alternative music, cult films, and pop culture explored through a Gen X lens — with reviews, interviews, and a deep-dive podcast.
Royal Thunder ‘Crooked Doors’ Review: rocky breakup = hard rock bliss. [rating=5] I don’t why some songs can induce the chills. All I can say is that it’s a rare occurrence, but when it happens you know you’ve heard something special. That was my visceral reaction to Time Machine, the powerful opening track to Royal Thunder’s new album […]
The Prodigy ‘The Day Is My Enemy’ Review: veteran dance act brings the noise in grand fashion…but some variety would have been nice. [rating=3] The Prodigy have always been the punks of electronica. Aggressive, brattish and abrasive, they created a carefully tailored sonic assault that has won them millions of fans and made them one of the few […]
Stream The Prodigy’s New Album ‘The Day Is My Enemy’: band is streaming aggressive new release on iTunes Radio. Techno titans The Prodigy will be releasing their new album The Day is My Enemy on March 30th. The band is giving fans a free preview of the material all this week via iTunes radio. Click here […]
SXSW Review and Analysis: Scott Weiland at the Parish, March 21, 2015. Today marks a special milestone with SLIS: here’s our first full length post from a contributor other than myself, my good friend Dave Dierksen, who gives a refreshingly honest appraisal and commentary of Scott Weiland’s SXSW showcase. Enjoy! I have a SXSW playbook […]
The Church SXSW 2015 at Emo’s Concert Review: Australian alternative act’s euphoric set ends this year’s SXSW in grand fashion. [rating=5] SXSW 2015 closed out on a gloriously psychedelic note at Emo’s. Following sets by performance artist GABI, garage rockers Gateway Drugs and shoegazers Swervedriver, Aussie alt-rock stalwarts The Church gave a searing headlining set. Frontman […]
Failure SXSW 2015 Concert Review at Yahoo’s Brazos Hall: reunited space rockers create sonic euphoria on a rainy Austin evening. [rating=5] Heading into the Yahoo SXSW Showcase at Brazos Hall, felt like going into a time machine. I went it in the year 2015, and emerged back in the mid-1990’s. This was fitting, given headlining space-rock […]
Albums Revisited: Depeche Mode’s Violator Turns 25: a look at back the 25th anniversary of an album that turned a synth-pop group into an arena rock band. Depeche Mode’s Violator celebrates its 25th anniversary on March 19th. And to fully understand that 1990 album’s definitive impact, one has to rewind the clock back to 1988. The […]
Well time flies when you’re having fun they say…which is why it seems crazy that Smells Like Infinite Sadness celebrates its third birthday today! This blog has been a labor of love, a bit of trial and error, and a sounding board for all my pop culture obsessions…and it appears to be paying off. When […]
SXSW 2015 is almost upon us, and like always, it can be a bit hectic planning out your music schedule. How to choose between new buzz bands, revered veteran acts and cult oddities? Well I’m here to help, with a list focused on pleasing lovers of alternative rock, metal and psychedelia. So without further ado, here […]
Torche’s Steve Brooks Talks New Album ‘Restarter’: Torche frontman discusses intense new album and 2015 tour in our exclusive interview. One of the beautiful aspects of Torche is their lack of easy classification. Sure they’re heavy, but they’re not exactly metal. Yes they’re catchy, but in quirky hard to define ways. It’s this indefinable quality that has […]
