Yet again, a group of mentions and cursory reviews of things I didn’t get a chance to talk about this past week! WATCH THE REVIEWS
Mike Patton and company make Oddfellows a step back toward their experimental and alternative rock sound, abandoning the Native American music influences that made Anonymous such a strangely spicy album. However, it’s still a pretty odd, catchy collection of tracks–with a few undeniable potholes, unfortunately. WATCH THE REVIEW
On California X’s debut album, the band brings blaring guitar riffs and thunderous drums, but sometimes it can feel like there’s some flavor missing in the songwriting department. WATCH THE REVIEW
The Strokes drop a surprising new single that takes the band’s typically tight sound, and covers itwith rigid synths and a questionable falsetto. WATCH THE REVIEW
Just a quick group of quick and cursory reviews of various songs and releases that I didn’t get a chance to talk about this week. Thank you for watching! WATCH THE REVIEW
On their sophomore full-length, New York’s Buke and Gase continue fine-tuning their unique combination of noise pop, folk, and indie rock with loads of strangely idiosyncratic melodies and textures. WATCH THE REVIEW
On Comadre’s new, self-titled album, the California screamo outfit releases one of the catchier albums I’ve heard in the genre for a long time. WATCH THE REVIEW
On This Town Needs Guns’–now officially shortened to “TTNG”–sophomore full-length, the band is premiering a new singer and a slightly smoother math rock sound. WATCH THE REVIEW
Nosaj Thing’s sophomore album still has the soft, quaint sounds fans have enjoyed previously from California producer Jason Chung, but with a serious decline in the hip hop vibes that radiated so boldly off of 2009’s Drift. WATCH THE REVIEW
Cult of Luna’s latest effort sees the Swedish atmospheric sludge outfit maintaining its sound with mid-paced tempos and heavy guitars, but the songwriting seems to have lost a disappointing amount of detail and diversity. WATCH THE REVIEW
