experimental rock
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Ween’s first professionally recorded studio album is an oddball rock classic.
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Liars’ TFCF is one of the band’s most isolated, tedious, and disappointing releases yet.
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Mark Kozelek is currently on tour promoting his slew of 2017 releases, and he has made quite an interesting choice in backing band with the Magik*Magik Orchestra. It’s really impressive how well the group has adapted much of this new material into chamber arrangements. Thankfully, last month’s
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Here’s the second single from Mark Kozelek’s upcoming collaborative album with Ben Boye and Jim White, which will apparently contain the Koz’s sixth and seventh discs of 2017. Lyrically, “The Black Butterfly” is a step up from the previously released “House Cat,” with Mark spending the first
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Primus harkens back to their Frizzle Fry days with the toned-down yet musically inventive title track from their upcoming album, The Desaturating Seven. Above you can see the colorful lyric video for an otherwise dark tale of greedy, menacing oligarchs. The album will be released September 29 via ATO.
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Thanks to Thin Black Duke‘s lavish orchestration and tour-de-force vocal performances from frontman Eugene Robinson, eminent underground rock outfit Oxbow has delivered a comeback album that leaves me lost for words for all the right reasons.
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Deerhoof makes its mark on the Adult Swim Singles Program with “Your Dystopic Creation Doesn’t Fear You.” Probably one of the wordier titles in the series, and it features a gritty opening verse from “My Vag” rapper Awkwafina, who fits the band’s angular riffing remarkably well. The track
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Xiu Xiu returns after a seriously prolific streak with a new collection of original material via Polyvinyl Records.
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When Mark Kozelek arrives, baby, he arrives.
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Tom Waits’ seminal 1985 album Rain Dogs still stands as one of the most significant moments in his discography.
