The latest single from Fucked Up’s David Comes to Life is both hard-hitting and thematic. The fierce punk energy that make this Canada band’s previous work so extreme remains intact as the band pulls together a track that begins the story that opens up this forthcoming concept album.
As many of you already know, my views in these reviews are mine and mine alone. I don’t expect people to feel the same way I do about albums–whether my feelings are positive or negative. This “review” is on the new Man Man album, Life Fantastic; however, I
On his debut full-length, Outmind, Matthewdavid flips through his sketchbook of ambient drones and blurred beats, picking out the best stuff he’s got to offer so far. While he does pull some fantastic sounds together, and issue I find myself running into is the brevity of some of these
On the band’s latest album, Manchester Orchestra seems to lose of a lot of the passion and rock ‘n’ roll momentum that have made their last two LPs pretty decent. They’ve exchanged this for some relatively heavier production and string arrangements. In my opinion, it wasn’t that
On Liturgy’s latest album, the interplay and musicianship that made 2009’s Renihilation so memorable are magnified with tons of syncopation and detail. Another great addition to this band’s style is their use of swells and crescendos, and it’s not in the cliche post-rock way that we’
Turtleneck and Chain has some pretty memorable tacks on it, to be honest. Some of these might be the best this comedy rap outfit has ever penned. “I Just Had Sex” has already blown most of their other videos away on the view count, and the title track is a
Wild Beast’s Smother shows the band toning things down, and making a sound that comes off eerier than the material on their previous two albums. Though this LP still holds some of the grooves their last albums did, the songs here carry a much more serious tone–maybe too
Despite my everlasting love for A.P. Ticker and the Spelunker, it seems Breakfast as Sullimay’s is the most popular thing Woodshop Films has ever done. However, it’s been nearly a month since that last episode, from what I believe. Will we ever see Bill, Ann, and Joe
On this title track from one of Grouper’s two new albums, Liz Harris creates “vastness,” and packs it into three minutes of arpeggios and ghostly vocals. The lo-fi production makes the music really smudgy and obscured, but there’s still something therapeutic about the repetition and textures here. Listening
On these two new Record Store Day tracks to drop from Radiohead, I find myself scratching my head. It’s not because these tracks are bad, though. I actually think these tracks are great. I’m just left wondering why the tracks, for me, seemed to surpass a lot of
