Polish musician Michal Jacaszek will be dropping a new album on Ghostly this December, and I’m really hoping this new LP–titled Glimmer–will maintain the wintery feel the track above seems to proclaim so proudly. “Dare-gale,” armed with loads of classical timbres, drones ominously in waves of sound
I think the first time I ever heard of post-hardcore outfit La Dispute was in a blogTV. Someone had sent me a song to be reviewed, I played it, and a majority of reactions were pretty negative. I think mine was especially bad. It had to be at least a
Landlocked State by Teenage Cool Kids Hailing from Denton, Texas, Teenage Cool Kids are a band that have a lot of fun things going for them: rough presentation, catchy melodies, slacker attitude, amusing lyrics. Of course, this is no surprise since one of the band’s members is Fergus &
Featuring a good friend of mine, Derek Ljongquist, this review is on the sophomore Big Troubles album, Romantic Comedy. It’s out now on Slumberland Records and sounds like a well-produced and feel-good piece of throwback jangle pop. Stream or download the audio review below. What do you think of
“Into Oblivion” “As Dawn Breaks” Sweden’s Entrench is plays a raw, aggressive, unadulterated breed of thrash metal that was lost in translation as the genre evolved over the decades. This band’s take on thrash really is pure. They combine it with nothing at all–not even modern production
C3 by 3:33 From the looks of 3:33’s album artwork, you’d think this project was some sort of rising black metal band. Well, if the previous sentence didn’t already make it obvious, that’s not the case. Still, the music 3:33 creates is undeniably
OK, time for something old and eerie: “Voodoo.” It’s a song from one of Soundway Records‘ latest 10″ records. The release is an EP of four instrumental tracks from Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra, which were put out in the 1950s. These tracks all have fantastic backing beats and
Above is some Polish death metal with a blackened edge from the band Azarath. Blasphemers’ Maledictions is the band’s fifth full-length. I’ve mentioned before that it’s difficult for me to find modern death metal that I enjoy. Of course, there are numerous groups in the underground that
On the Future Islands’ new album, they continue breeding the simple, bare, and dramatic style of synth pop that caught ears in 2010 on the group’s last album, In Evening Air. WATCH THE REVIEW
On his latest solo effort, legendary producer 9th Wonder invites some of his favorite MCs to spit over his beats and celebrate his relevancy as a fixture in hip hop. WATCH THE REVIEW
