MP3 There’s something about the music of Chateau Marmont that reminds me of some of my favorite Kraftwerk songs. Maybe there’s a modern dance feel to the music on their latest compilation–which is a set of 3 EPs released over the past 3 years–but the vocoder,
When it comes to the Alaskan band Portugal. The Man, I’d say my fandom is very, very casual. I’ve only loved one of their albums, truly: Censored Colors. The rest just aren’t my cup of tea, I guess. But I’d attribute that to the adventurous nature
Hercules by Kin As Kin, electronic artist Yung Hui explores sound’s dark side through drones and bleak synths. What backing up these sounds much of the time are hip hop beats, believe it or not–but a verse over his tunes just doesn’t seem appropriate. His latest album,
In a short series of instant messages via Gmail, I learned a lot about Connecticut music producer Derek Piotr. Every now and again, he loves to partake in some Dolly Parton. Oh, yeah, and he also despises synthesized tones–or maybe he’s got a love-hate relationship with tone in
Is anybody else getting hot looking at this album cover? Of course, I feel that way because this is going to be the next Washed Out album. I don’t know what you were thinking, but whatever. It looks like electronic artist Ernest Greene’s solo efforts will be getting
New video from the LOVE LISTED and self-titled Holy Ghost! album that dropped on DFA Recs recently. I can only speculate as to what this video means, but here it goes: Maybe this is basically a portrait of the two dudes in Holy Ghost!, doing what they do in their
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.
