Stella, Uzeda's first album since 1998's Different Section Wires, picks up right where the band left off—amazingly not sounding the least bit dated, even though the fertile '90s math-rock scene that originally embraced Uzeda is a parched wasteland today.  Full text...

Sicily's Uzeda serve up a crash-banging reminder of the days when post-hardcore/math/emo was still the musclebound bruiser of the punk underground, not the laughable 98-pound weakling it recently became with Stella. In their first album in eight years -- only the band's third long-player in a 19-year career -- the Sicilian warhorses dig in with producer Steve Albini to rediscover the dying art of bad-assed, muscle-bound post-hardcore.  Full text...

While an album able to be condensed into such little space reflects poorly on the band's dynamism, Stella would still make a nice addition to any noise rock fanatic's collection.  Full text...

After an 8-year hiatus, Giovanna Cacciola, Agostino Tilotta, Giovanni Nicosia and Davide Oliveri are back with a smoking fury on their new album Stella.  Full text...

On their new full-length Stella, that piercing treble and plate-shifting bass are right where they left them on Different Section Wires, only possibly even more extreme than before.   Full text...