• feist

    Hugely successful Canadian solo artist, ex-Broken Social Scene member, and iPod commercial star Feist announced her new album Metals a while ago, but until recently listeners have not been able to hear what the album is going to sound like. Based on this first taster track “How Come You Never

  • Distal by Crash Of Rhinos While getting caught up in the emotive hardcore revival movement that’s been gaining steam here in the United States in the past few years, I have unfortunately ignored a lot of the similar music that’s been coming out on the other side of

  • dfrnt

    DFRNT – Turning Back by DFRNT DFRNT is a UK electronic music producer with a new EP out on Nu Directions titled Emotional Response. Stream the whole thing here. Sadly, “Turning Back” is not on the release, but it does make for a good introduction to this guy. On the track,

  • When I first laid ears and eyes on Chelsea Wolfe’s new album, I wasn’t sure what to think. Her music is unreasonably dark and eerie, and the fuzzy photo editing job on the cover looks like Tyler, The Creator was brought in to do the job. Let’s

  • On Rival Sons’ sophomore album, the California quartet makes the classic sounds of hard rock and blues rock kind of exciting again. While these dudes are nowhere near as flashy as some of the bands that influence them, they do pull together some really great sounds on this LP. Pressure

  • New York’s Cerebral Ballzy have a lot of energy and rage, but I still don’t know what exactly is causing all of it. It’s just my opinion, but I didn’t find much to get enraged over in the lyrics on this album. Being told where to

  • chromeo

    Chromeo is just one of those bands that, for some reason, I feel like I have to justify my fandom. Sure, it’s not deep or ground-breaking, and the lyrics can get pretty cheesy with one love story after another. But Dave 1 and P. Thugg always pull together a

  • chromeo

    Chromeo is just one of those bands that, for some reason, I feel like I have to justify my fandom. Sure, it’s not deep or ground-breaking, and the lyrics can get pretty cheesy with one love story after another. But Dave 1 and P. Thugg always pull together a

  • 12"

    I Am Not What I Am 12" by Young and in the Way Young and In the Way is a North Carolina band with an interesting mix of hardcore punk, crusty production, and various black metal cues. Most of the band’s songs on this new 12″, I Am

  • 7

    CINCINNATTI by Literature OK, so here’s how I found out about this band: Not a bad introduction at all to this group: Literature. These guys are messy. Yeah, the three tracks on this single are pretty rough around the edges, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In