Witch is short and sweet and driving enough to inspire some serious grade headbanging; about the biggest worry surrounding this album is the fear that Mascis and Feathers might leave this as a one-off side project.  Full text...

Fans of the legendary SST doom-metal band Saint Vitus will likely find this stuff to be fun, if hardly original.  Full text...

Witch wouldn't be the first heavy band to incorporate elements of folk, and there's no way it fits into the "folk metal" category defined by bands like Skyclad and Cruachan. Still, there's something really interesting about the way these two conflicting styles fit together here, a groove for headbangers with flowers in their hair.   Full text...

The rock is hard, the lyrics are ridiculous, and the cover art - depending on what generation of stoner culture you hail from - resembles either a black-light poster or a Commodore 64 role-playing game.  Full text...

In Witch, Mascis takes up thumping the tubs again and anyone who liked the "indie" facet of Dinosaur Jr's music but not the ear-bleeding guitar solos should probably steer clear.  Full text...