noise rock
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New York’s Show Me the Body drops a ferocious set of banjo-backed punk ragers that are equal parts explosive and unsettling.
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Sleater-Kinney’s almost-swansong, The Woods, proved to be one of the 2000s’ most badass and essential rock albums.
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Daughters return with the most effectively terrifying album I’ve heard all decade.
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The level of artistic freedom Trent and Atticus give themselves on the somewhat uneven Bad Witch is more exciting than just about any Nine Inch Nails release since 2008.
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More so than Big Ups’ two prior albums, Two Parts Together suffers from a serious lack of refreshing ideas.
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Overthrown by Oh Sees San Francisco rock band Oh Sees (previously Thee Oh Sees and other variations) are back after last year’s Orc and Memory of a Cut Off Head, the latter of which was released under the OCS moniker. The band has become known for its prolificness, so
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Death Grips’ upcoming album Year of the Snitch was announced in April, but still does not have a release date. However, this second single, “Black Paint,” could be a sign that Year of the Snitch is arriving soon. The band started teasing Year of the Snitch last September with the
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Wavves frontman Nathan Williams is re-releasing the band’s self-titled debut for Record Store Day in honor of the album’s 10th anniversary. This previously unreleased track, “All Star Goth,” will be included on the reissue. “All Star Goth” would be among the noisiest tracks on the exceptionally noisy Wavves.
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Aaron Turner’s Sumac joins forces with legendary noise rock experimentalist Keiji Haino for an hour’s worth of mind-melting post-metal jams.
