On their latest release, Grave Babies take a gothic and lo-fi approach to the worlds of shoegaze and post-punk. WATCH THE REVIEW
On this debut Atoms For Peace LP, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke uses this new band of his to continue honing the electronic style he’s been toying with since 2006’s The Eraser. Stylistically, it’s almost a sequel to Radiohead’s The King of Limbs, and this just happens
Iceage’s sophomore full-length brings the same downtrodden, depressive ferocity that the band’s last album did, but with a bit more length and diversity. While it’s not exactly progressive, it’s still a blast–just like the debut LP. WATCH THE REVIEW
I won’t say Push The Sky Away is Nick Cave’s darkest album yet, but it’s easily one of his most depressing–so much so that Cave himself seems too shaken to engage his listeners with the same emotional potency he usually does. WATCH THE REVIEW
Australian death metal outfit Portal has a sound that impenetrably thick and noisy, and they use it to bombard listeners with an ever-changing series of riffs and dismal melodies. However, when it comes to the composition of these riffs and melodies, the album is pretty run-of-the-mill by death metal standards
With monstrous hits of bass, detailed trap-style hi-hats, and an infectiously unique synth riff, if Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” isn’t a perfect banger, it’s pretty damn close. WATCH THE REVIEW
On her latest installment of tracks–which were formulated at the time of 2008’s Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill–multi-instrumentalist Liz Harris brings another collection of ambient-style folk tracks that are opaque, shadowy, and extremely emotive. WATCH THE REVIEW
On Pissed Jeans’ latest effort the band still sounds, uh, pissed. WATCH THE REVIEW
A group of quick, cursory reviews of albums, tracks, and other musical events that occurred this past week that I wanted to talk about a bit, which includes new stuff from James Blake, Pusha T, Grave Babies, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and more. WATCH THE REVIEWS
