listen

  • album

    Polar Night by Kevin Hufnagel Since the release of his 2011 album Transparencies, guitarist Kevin Hufnagel (Dysrhythmia, Gorguts, Vaura, Byla) seems to be putting more momentum behind his solo, ambient efforts. Polar Night is his latest collection of guitar-conjured drones and soundscapes, and you can stream it all you want

  • 2012

    “Something In the Sky” is a track from the forthcoming Guapo album, Dark Age, which is a project spearheaded by composer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel O’Sullivan. I’m most familiar with his work with Guapo and Sunn O))), but I know he’s been involved with the last few Ulver

  • ambient

    “Battenburg Variation” is an ambient electronic track by UK act Uther Moads. This is a tough track to nail down genre-wise. It’s ambient in nature, but certainly uses some clear rhythms and a set tempo to keep the song moving. This is a relaxing track, up until the end,

  • 2012

    Beatmusic producer Gold Panda has digitally released a brand new single fro Ghostly International, which will be available physically on July 11th. The dude’s 2010 album Lucky Shiner wasn’t one of my favorites of that year, but there’s still a lotta production chops there I can’t

  • Texas garage rock eccentrics Fergus & Geronimo have a new track out, and it doesn’t disappoint. Not at all. Nope. Well, maybe it’s a bit short, but the duo makes up for it with an extremely catchy hook and personality. The track opens up with a miss “Heather

  • heaven

    In describing his band’s forthcoming album Heaven, Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser has promised a record documenting the band’s maturation and a “bigger, more generous statement.” With “We Can’t Be Beat” the band seems to be delivering just that. The song begins with a mesmerizing and soothing fingerpicked

  • album

    keine klasse II by NO CLASS Some uncut, unadulterated Kansas City punk coming from No Class on the band’s latest LP for Deranged Records, keine klasse II. The band’s hardcore style, relentless drumming, and whirlwind riffs make this a pretty solid punk release. The recording is great, making

  • 2012

    It was only June of last year that Marissa Nadler released her self-titled fifth album, but the prolific singer-songwriter is already planning to put out another LP this year. Titled The Sister, the album is slated to drop on May 29, slightly less than a year after the release of

  • 2012

    Stream: mewithoutYou- Ten Stories With a series of enthralling story lines delivered with passionate vocals, and backed by some experimental rock instrumentation, the new mewithoutYou record is a solid listen. The measuring contest between this album the band’s previous releases will be touched down in a review, but now

  • 2012

    Stream: Craft Spells- Gallery EP Craft Spells brings another helping of reverb-washed, hypnotic indie pop tunes on the new Gallery EP. It’s streaming in full on SoundCloud at the moment. Follow the link above to take a listen. Last year, the band’s new album, Idle Labor, got a