Posts tagged "Crosses"
Crosses, The Epilogue: The Singles Bar Review

Crosses, The Epilogue: The Singles Bar Review

Chino Moreno slows for no man.  The deftones released Koi No Yokan just last year.   Palms, Moreno’s fledgling side project with former Isis members, released their debut LP this past Spring/Summer.  And now, new music and a new label for what’s been loosely described as his ‘Witchhouse Project,’ with former Far guitarist Shaun Lopez and Chuck Doom.  While EP-3 is still about a month off (release date: 11/12/2013), the first textures have emerged in the form of first single, […]

Spin Cycle: Crosses' "EP 2"

Spin Cycle: Crosses’ “EP 2”

So in August of last year, with low to slow-building (sounds like BBQ, doesn’t it?) fanfare, the music world was introduced to Crosses.  Described initially as a witch-house (throw a couple Crucifix symbols around and call it a gimmick for marketing lovers) and featuring a pretty heady mix of both 80’s nu-wave with White Pony and Saturday Night Wrist-esque Deftones atmospherics; EP1 was unleashed as a free low-grade download to would-be listeners. Featuring the duo of Chino Moreno (of Deftones, […]

Metal Monday Volume 33 (8.29.11)

What defines “being metal”? Is it the heaviness of the music? The members involved? Do you review a Hank Williams III album because he frequently plays in bands with Phil Anselmo? Do I put an R.E.M. album in here because their current drummer used to play in KMFDM and Ministry (Really!)? While Crosses , the self-titled debut EP from Shaun Lopez of Far and Chino Moreno of Deftones, is definitely not a metal record, its’ member reps certainly warrants that it […]