• Nick Zammuto, one of the musicians behind of of my favorite albums of last year, has recently dropped a “long lost” EP of old material on his SoundCloud page. Enjoy via the stream above, and read the funny description below: “HA HA! I can’t believe I found these. I

  • On its latest release, Woods make their sound a little sunnier with brighter guitar leads and attitudes. But some of the songs here just feel too unfinished to really feel memorable or exciting for me. I dig this band a lot, but I almost feel like I’ve fallen off

  • What can I say about Planningtorock’s latest album that’s positive? Honestly, not much. Not only that, but I’m awestruck at how positive some of the receptions have been to what she’s doing. I don’t begrudge her the fanbase she’s gathered so far–especially since

  • bobby

    Stream: BOBBY’s BOBBY Stream: Cults’ Cults Two new, self-titled albums are available for streaming right now from the good folks at NPR Music: Cults and BOBBY. Follow the links above and get your listen on!

  • balkans

    A new video from Balkans new, self-titled album, which it out now on Double Phantom. I reviewed it very positively over here. Simple, but weird.

  • dance

    LAYS THE BOOGIE DOWN by WHITE RAINBOW It’s a new trio of songs from drone, psych, experimental, pop, electronic, almost-every-genre-ever artist White Rainbow. These tracks were built with loop upon loop with no overdubs. The album is titled Lays the Boogie Down, so it should be no surprise that

  • 8-bit

    Ever since I dropped my Havok review, thrash metal heads have been coming out of the wood work to tell me I should cover more of the stuff. One band in particular contacted me: Lich King. Like Havok, their sound is old school, but with track titles like “Black Metal

  • band

    The good people at La Blogotheque have seen fit to drop another piece of their live session with Battles. Click here to watch the previous one. The band’s latest album, Gloss Drop, drops this week on Warp.

  • New video from Maserati for the song “Pyramid of the Sun.” The track comes off the band’s latest album of the same title. I reviewed it last year, and had some pretty positive things to say about it. Freakin’ loved the grooves on most of this thing. Tons of

  • Come, my children! Indulge in this glorious thrash metal! Denver, Colorado isn’t exactly a mecca of thrash metal, but Havok still manages to string together some of the genre’s best characteristics into one 11-track gauntlet. This LP rarely lets up, and dishes out one hard riff after another.