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Classic late 90s screamo/hardcore. Listened to this LP twice in a row on Saturday while doing one million pushups, still hits. There was a m...

Two of my dearest friends, along with my beautiful wife, never gave My Bloody Valentine a chance, and they all had the same reason: they tho...

Here's a fucking weird noisy abstract techno-ish album for you to have an existential crisis to. Track listing: 1. Jax 57 Or Jist BGIU 2...

I honestly thought that I was maybe done with this blog, but I just went to share a link to listen to this and I couldn't immediately fi...

Previously on OPIUM HUM: Lol Coxhill & Morgan Fisher - Slow Music (1980) Beautiful, shimmering ambient sounds for sunny days. Real ones...

Grind-y straight edge hardcore. I first discovered Monster X back in high school via their split with Spazz, when I was still young enough t...

If I'm checking out a band that I've heard described as "neoprog/prog metal", this is what I am hoping they will sound lik...

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These New Puritans really had an extraordinary first-3-album arc, moving from post-punk revival to percussive art rock to experimental chamb...

Unsurprisingly, I've been tripping down musical memory lane. This comp is a real formative punk classic for me that I've somehow man...

Not to sound like a broken record but: my friend died. No, not that one; a different one. Pat. The person who in middle school introduced me...

Pure minimal drone from Australian composer Brendan Walls, with assists from Oren Ambarchi . If you, like me, haven't been able to shake...

Previously on OPIUM HUM: The Dead Science - Submariner (2003) When I posted the above album, I actually wanted to post this EP because I li...

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