New Cherry Red Reissues – Hanoi Rocks – Melvins – Lux & Ivy present England Swings – Various – Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone – album reviews

This time Fighting Boredom are reviewing four reissues from Cherry Red, a collection of the independent albums from Hanoi Rocks, a three CD collection of the Atlantic recordings by Melvins. Another Lux & Ivy collection, this time entitled England Swings… Continue Reading

Attrition – Frozen Soul – Pere Ubu – VA – М​у​з​ы​к​а​л​ь​н​о​е П​р​и​н​о​ш​е​н​и​е (Musical Offering) album reviews

This time on the album review page you get the dark electronics of the original Attrition line up live in the Cage, the brutal ice cold death metal of Frozen Soul, the manic wonderful new album from Pere Ubu and… Continue Reading

Autohaus – TERMS – Dead Sea Apes – Mandy, Indiana album reviews

This time we give you the ‘live, improvised fractal music, layering fuzzed-out noise, electronic drones motorik percussion and hypnotic bass lines’ of Autohaus, the Progressive rock, experimental, avant-garde jazzcore of TERMS. The blown-out guitar wails and jet black psych noise… Continue Reading

Dez Dare – FACS – Clang Quartet – 400 Lonely Things – album reviews

This time the reviews page has the excellent fuzzy new EP from Dez Dare, the hard post punk of FACS, the drones and static of Clang Quartet and the dark ambience of 400 Lonely Things, read about them all below.… Continue Reading

Tim Hecker – A Cloud Of Ravens – Shangri-Lass – The Flowers Of Hell – album reviews

This time the reviews go from the brilliant new album from Tim Hecker to the utter Goth of A Cloud Of Ravens, the homage to Girl Groups of Shangri-Lass and the mushroom trip from The Flowers Of Hell. Have a… Continue Reading

Heavenly – Mushroom Giant – Below The Stones – Dez Dare – album reviews

This time the reviews range from the second epic metal EP from Below The Stones, the recent album from ‘Fuzz Beast’ Dez Dare, the reissued second classic indie album from Heavenly and the Dark Cinematic Rock of Mushroom Giant. Read… Continue Reading

Edley ODowd – healthyliving – Lana Del Rabies – Liturgy – album reviews

This time Fighting Boredom focuses more towards noise, drone and strangeness. All these releases are emotional and huge sounding. The ‘nightmares and bliss’ of Edley ODowd, the ‘kaleidoscopic and evocative musical world’ of healthyliving, the ‘deep exploration of the cyclical… Continue Reading

MATTERS – Attrition – B.E.F. – Edredon Sensible – album and E.P reviews

Fighting Boredom give you a new review page, with the beautiful electronics of MATTERS, the dark synth beats of Attrition, the pioneering electronica of B.E.F. and the frankly bonkers Jazz of Edredon Sensible, read what we thought below. MATTERS Echolocations… Continue Reading