• 2012

    Producer, songwriter, and singer Matthew Dear drops another track from his forthcoming album, Beams. While the songs features the dude’s usual deep, strange delivery, it’s got a really spunky vibe coming from the instrumentation that’s a nice change of pace for Dear. There’s a fantastically chilly

  • 2012

    Some new visuals for the new Black Moth Super Rainbow single, “Windshield Smasher.” This is definitely one of the more entertaining videos I’ve seen this year, and that’s mostly due to its absurdity. A unsuspecting couple runs up on a group of BMSR mask-wearing baddies who torture them

  • 2012

    New York experimental folk rock outfit Woods have a new LP on the way titled Bend Beyond. It’ll be the band’s seventh full-length album, and “Size Meets the Sound” is the newest track to drop from it. I may be wrong, but I believe I’ve reviewed no

  • In this installment of Y U NO REVIEW, I’m giving quick, undercooked opinions on the latest releases from Childish Gambino, Gojira, Anna Von Hausswolff, Fang Island, Jeremiah Jae, Coin Locker Kid, Micachu & the Shapes, Tenacious D, Debo Band, The Antlers, Jeff the Brotherhood, Guided By Voices, Peaking Lights,

  • With some great production from the Alchemist, No Idols delivers one colorful instrumental after another with Odd Future’s Domo Genesis spitting some less-than-interesting verses. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • I try to get into Om once again with Advaitic Songs, but it just didn’t happen, sadly. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    The experimental, electronic, and sample-obsessed music duo known as Matmos has a new EP on the way via Thrill Jockey in October. A track has finally dropped from it, and it’s a strange, intricate doozy. This forthcoming EP is titled the Ganzfeld EP, and it teases toward a new

  • Aviator

    Aviator/Spirit Fangs split by Aviator One of the great things about the internet is its ability to bridge gaps created by geography. Without the internet, it would pretty difficult and unlikely for two punk bands from opposite sides of the United States to come together and release a split

  • boston

    We Can Live In The Exact Same Place by I Kill Giants I Kill Giants is a young band from Boston, Massachusetts that doesn’t like to waste anybody’s time. At least, that’s the impression I got from listening to their new album (“full length”? EP? single?) We

  • 2012

    One of the most charming singer-songwriters on the Secretly Canadian roster, Jens Lekman, has a new album on the way in September titled I Know What Love Isn’t. It’s looking at a September 4th release date. “Erica America” is an endearing little tune, loaded with delicate strings and