On their third album, Ponytail turns the noise down and pumps the musicianship up. While this album isn’t as harsh or mind-melting at 2008’s Ice Cream Spiritual, this new album–aptly titled Do Whatever You Want All the Time–shows the band letting their improvisational flags fly. These
Every time a Kills album comes on, I feel a bunch of involuntary reflexes coming on: my eyes squint, my lips tighten, and my shoulders start to shrug. I’m just unsure of why this music should appeal to me. I could certainly see myself latching onto the noisy distortion,
An 8-minute monster from the forthcoming Cave In album, White Silence. Some of the heaviest riffs I’ve heard in a few months. Clean vocals usually don’t do it for me in a style like this, but it’s just working for me this time around. Really looking forward
Don’t worry about the text starting the video dealing with Lady Gaga’s rejection of the song. Apparently, the song has now been approved since it’s release on YouTube this week. What good news! Plus, we’ve got a new “Weird Al” album on the way, so what
Tune-Yards’ sophomore LP, for some, will be a true exercise in patience. Merrill Garbus’ vocals can be a serious strain on the ears, and the amount of instrumentation she’s packed into this album borders on migraine-inducing. But all of this album’s quirks can easily become strengths on the
New video for Charles Bradley’s “The World (Is Going Up In Flames).” It’s from the album No Time For Dreaming, which is out now on Daptone.
Amon Tobin’s career as an electronic music producer has been long and fruitful, resulting in such albums as Permutation and Supermodified. He’s not the largest figure in IDM, but certainly one worth noting. What looks to be the guy’s 7th album, ISAM, is getting dropped on May
New track from hypnosis-via-electronics specialist White Mountains. He’s got a new EP–Lightforms–dropping on Waaga Recs on June 7th, and “Spectra” is the first track to drop from it. Enjoy!
MP3 In preparation for its forthcoming album, Ex Military, Death Grips has released another track and music video–though this music video isn’t made of original footage like the last one was. Unlike previous tracks to be released from this anonymous effort, this track is actually performed at a
Done Right Discount Flooring by Joyce Manor Some hard-hitting drums and burning guitars are just what the doctor ordered today. These guys seem to be straight outta Long Beach, and their latest album, Constant Headache, is available on a name-your-price basis on Bandcamp.
