CrowJane – Mater Dolorosa LPCrowJane Mater Dolorosa LP "Mater Dolorosa, Our Lady Of Sorrows, the incarnation of Mary pierced through the heart with seven swords, is a fitting title and matron for the solo debut of Crow Jane. LA Punk Legend Paul Roessler (Screamers, Nina Hagen, 45 Grave, Deadbeats), after becoming close friends with Crow Jane while recording her band Egrets On Ergot, could see that she was in the grips of the kind of crushing woe thats so often the seed of hard

If interested in the more stripped-down approach of some of John Fahey's work or Sir Richard Bishop's own impressionist playing then 'Iker' should tick all the boxes

beyond the clear metaphorical opposition between the two titles that we have just mentioned

These guys are obviously very accomplished musicians with absolutely no interest in showing off—the focus here is purely on crafting gut-wrenching epic melody and then burying it under a thick shell of distortion and vitriol

striking a balance between slick prog-rock grooves and dismal

After a few short tours and a jaunt over to Europe

reverb drenched

in its origins

Black Flag – I Can See You 12"

"At the time this album was recorded

and others did earlier

which turned out to be a much bigger success than anyone expected

Eyeswan (featuring the ex singer from We re All Broken - Engineer Records