Louis Pelingen

Review Side Docket • October 4th, 2024

Album Review: Geordie Greep - The New Sound

When Black Midi eventually broke up just this year, as much as there is a deep sadness about how this band broke apart, there is now an excitingly grand anticipation on where the members will head in the future - especially with how their massive talented pedigree has been a big boon to them ever since they’ve started back in 2019, something that only got more bewilderingly delightful with every subsequent album, eventually leading to cementing themselves as one of the most hyped bands in the UK...

Review Side Docket • May 12th, 2024

Album Review: Willi Carlisle - Critterland

What comes through gaining more wisdom across the passage of time is the ability to understand weary, mature situations more deeply and attempt to embrace more empathy and changes more than before, especially when the younger sense of self toys with mature, sensitively traumatic themes that don’t encapsulate the reality of those who have gone through those situations in the past. The people who can really absorb these situations are artists and musicians who create stories in their lifetime, jus...

July 31st, 2023

ALBUM REVIEW: The Purest Blue – All is True – TFL

The past we have left behind manifests through still memories that have comforted us through the paths of growing up. The small bike that was used to roam around the neighborhood, the color blue that reminds us of comfort puffing in the skies, the dollhouse that embraces the imagination of a child, and the gentle warmth that gathers when we see our parents and loved ones in front of us. And even when those moments pass through us, it doesn’t mean that there is no opp...

March 15th, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: U-Pistol – Last Splinter – TFL

A decade after he first popped up in the local music scene, Zeon Gomez has worn many masks under his belt through the multitudes of projects and collectives that he has worked on and contributed with, overall showcasing him as a jack of all trades within the local musical circles, namely his other side project Promote Violence; bands like Rome and the Cats, Moon Mask, Spirit Ocean; and collectives like YoungLiquidGang, and BuwanBuwanCollective. Through these jumping...

POST-TRASH • October 29th, 2024

Fievel Is Glauque - "Rong Weicknes" | Album Review — POST-TRASH

by Louis Pelingen (@Ruke256)If there is a word that best describes Fievel Is Glauque’s creative process, it’s instinct. Comprised of Ma Clément and Zach Phillips, this jazz-pop duo hailing from Belgium and now based in Brooklyn has relied upon the process of sudden improvisational activity when it comes to putting together releases. The charming lo-fi breeze of God’s Trashmen Sent to Right The Mess and the polished fractious sparks of Flaming Swords were created in different ways. In the former...

POST-TRASH • October 23rd, 2024

Mo Dotti - "Opaque" | Album Review — POST-TRASH

by Louis Pelingen (@Ruke256)Mo Dotti arrived at the right space and at the right time when shoegaze revivalism sparked up in the 2020s. The Los Angeles based quartet, comprised of frontwoman Gina Negrini, bassist Greg Shilton, guitarist Guy Valdez, and drummer Andrew Mackelvie, have been pulling together EPs since 2020. Their brand of dream pop and shoegaze influenced by the earliest instances of those genres in the 80s: full of garish pedal effects, gracefully potent guitar swivels, and sweeten...

Merry-Go-Round Magazine • September 27th, 2024

Bandcamp Picks: Disphing & Forgotten Warmth Becomes Dust - MGRM

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring Forgotten Warmth Becomes Dust’s varied and textured self-titled house EP and the Disphing’s fiery glitch pop album HREF!

Forgotten Warmth Becomes Dust – S/T
Genre: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Speed House
Favorite Tracks: “Purgatory on Earth,” “Chamomile”
A cascading, riveting downpour of beatific house music, FORGOTTEN WARMTH BECOMES DUST is the key to sink into that seraphic soundscape. The self-titled EP from the Brooklyn duo of singer-songwriter Nailoh...

Merry-Go-Round Magazine • September 6th, 2024

Bandcamp Pick of the Week: PLUMA - Merry-Go-Round Magazine

It’s our Bandcamp Pick of the Week, featuring the visceral hyper R&B fusion of PLUMA’s NÃO LEVE A MAL! 

PLUMA – NÃO LEVE A MAL
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia, Sophisti-Pop, Jazz
Favorite Tracks: “Corrida!,” “Jardins,” “Sem Você” 
There is a splash of colorful delight when you head into PLUMA’s debut album, NÃO LEVE A MAL. Before this, the Brazilian quartet had been testing the waters for a couple of years, with Mais do QUE EU SEI FALAR in 2020 and REVISITAR in 2021 showcasing their blend of twirling ja...

June 25th, 2023

fromjoy – fromjoy

The cross-section between a genre like metal and more convoluted electronic movements like vaporwave can be more comfortable than you may think. At a surface-level analysis, these sorts of genres are vastly different from each other in terms of mood and style. Metal tends to be heavy and thrashing, as noted by its thorny instrumental melodies and extreme vocal takes, while vaporwave tends to be languid and reflective, with the help of retro synths and obscure samples. These genres naturally lead...

July 29th, 2024

Astrid Sonne – Great Doubt (ALBUM REVIEW)

When we are in a state of melancholy, we often process our emotions in a state of reminiscence, thinking of happier times or events that brought us to where we are. There will inevitably be negative moments in our lives, moments of isolation, but it’s important that we take the time to find space for those reflections. ‍Great Doubt presents Danish composer and viola player Astrid Sonne whirling through a sonic space in a way she never has before. Her classical training melding with her penchant...