Everything is interconnected. I will never stop claiming that. I might not be original here, but who the heck cares, right? So to make long story short…one day (and about 20 years too late) I’ve discovered the legendary Factsheet Five magazine.
I love to browse the issues, learning about the various publications of bygone era – and there is was. Among the avalanche of info one bandname has caught my eye. Beatniks from Mars, that sounds quite interesting…let’s check them out!
Right…but it was not that easy. However, I am used to do this kind of detective work, so after a little search I’ve found a track on Youtube called “Ballad of the Grower”. What a track!!! Now I can’t leave it unnoticed.
Well, it’s turned out, the contact was impossible to find. The only ray of hope was my comment under the video.
And by sheer of luck, after some time it’s been noticed and this is why you have the chance to read this interview with the band you should already know about..but I guess you don’t.
Nevertheless, I’m glad to help to correct this problem, and helping me is Mr. Lawrence White, the vocalist from Beatniks From Mars. Are you ready?
Drowning: Lost City Riders (a 2008 TV movie review)
Lost City Riders, well, its title, has caught my attention almost immediately. I admit, I am a sucker for “lost city” stuff.
Fragment Soul – Axiom of Choice (a review)
The link for these Greek doom melancholics arrived to my mailbox a long time ago, and I’ve almost forgotten about it. Yes, I know. Im am irresponsible sometimes.
Malauriu – Malauriu (a 2022 album review)
Recently I’ve lent my ear to some nice black metal releases, so when I’ve got this promo from Italy for a review, it’s been only a matter of time when it will attack both my ears.
Headchoppin’ (interviewing Evil Ed of Choppin’ Headz fanzine)
Once you see the zine with the title like this one, you know you want to read it. And as a fellow zine-creator, I feel more than a sympathy to a fellow man doing this stuff, so it’s not a rocket science that – obviously – I want to know more about it.
Costectomy/Nyctophagia – “Drone Hunting Missionaries For Sport” (a 2021 split review)
After some time spent checking not so usual music with my other webpage Indokult, dedicated to the Indonesian music , I’ve started craving some more unhinged underground music again. To be precise, good old goregrind and gorenoise. No, I won’t call it a “fix”, haha, but truth is – sometimes it’s just what the doctor has ordered. You know…going full circle and so forth…
VA – Gorenoise megasplit vol. 1
It’s been quite a while since I’d reviewed anything gorenoise related. Gorenoise Megasplit volume 1, the compilation I’m going to write a few words about, was sent to me by our friends in the Italian label Nosevomit Records quite a long time ago, and I am ashamed to have waited for so long before reviewing it. Well, time to wait is over, let’s have a look how ugly this boy turned out to be!
Where fire burns eternally: Eternal Kingdom of Fire, volume 5 (digital promo review)
Those of you who read the Rubber Axe regularly, will might recall the review I’ve written for a previous release of this compilation series, namely volume 2.
USBM wolves: Disperser and Demo 2021 (a demo review)
Those guys wrote to me back in July, but unfortunately, I haven’t been able to do anything about it – until now. I guess we’d all agree it’s about time to kick that depression in the ass and get going again.
Ryosuke Kiyasu – Continue as Though it were Flowing Water (digital promo review)
One half Sete Star Sept, Ryosuke Kiyasu and his improvisation drumming release “Continue as Though it were Flowing Water” is the second of the 3 new limited releases from the Austrian label Magnesia Nova label from Salzburg.