On Times New Viking’s latest album, Dancer Equired, the band steps out from behind the veil of lo-fi, and comes together with an actual studio recording. Of course, the clarity that brings to this album is only relative. It’s definitely easier to parse the instruments on this album,
Natural Child’s 1971 is an attitude-heavy set of rock tunes that emulate everything from power pop to the kind of classic rock they play on the AM band. Stylistically, this LP is all over the place, which is kind of surprising since the 7” EP I reviewed of theirs
On their debut full-length on Deathwish, Deafheaven take their seamless blend of black metal, post-rock, and post-hardcore to a new level of musicianship and recording quality. Though this may not be the most original black metal record on the block–yes, a lot of groups have been putting tons of
Some atmospheric black metal from the new Woods of Desolation album, Torn Beyond Reason, which is out now on Northern Silence.
New track from the forthcoming Fucked Up album, David Comes to Life. If you recall, “The Other Shoe” dropped a little while back, which was surprisingly melodic. But on this new joint, “Ship of Fools,” the band is sounding a lot harder. There is a nice psychedelic guitar solo interlude,
Track from a new collaboration from the likes of Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, and DJ Big Wiz. The track is named after Mary Mallon of all people: The first person in the U.S. to be a “healthy carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever.” Inspiration comes from all
On their latest album, Explosions In the Sky gives the appearance of evolution with some added instrumentation: acoustic guitar, strings, hums, looped percussion, and other miscellaneous noises. However, the band hasn’t really altered their playing style or sonic qualities that much. The mood has changed a little, but this
MP3 Solo artists Thao–of Get Down Stay Down fame–and Mirah released a nice little record on Kill Rock Stars this week. It’s filled with co-written songs built on strummed guitars and breezy vocals. The two of ’em actually brought on tUnE-yArDs to co-produce some of the material
MP3 This is some heavy doom right here, and the only thing better than heavy doom is free heavy doom. (Edit: Yeah, it could be “Sludge,” too.) Lento hails from Italy, and tends to keep their tracks completely free of vocals; allowing their deep, resonant guitar tone to rattle skulls
Despite the fact that I loved PJ Harvey’s latest record, this somehow slipped by me: There are ten, count them, ten music videos out for Let England Shake. Sounds good to me! Check the one for my favorite track above, and watch the others here. According to Harvey’s
