Tour Sampler CD-R by Cerce This is the first time I’m hearing Boston’s Cerce, and it’s an almost abusive experience. The band’s heavy, fist-clenching riffs are thick, distorted, and mix-punching. The drums are fast and relentless. They break into the occasional blast beat as well, making
Electronic music producer Luke Abbott–creator of one of my favorite 2010 albums, Holkham Drones–has a new track out titled “Modern Driveway.” The track’s hypnotic repetition executed by subtle beats and analog synths is to be expected, but the chord progression on this track feels pretty uplifting to
The Magnetic Fields have always had an unconventional approach to love songs so it’s only fitting that their videos follow suit. In their new video for “Quick!”–which is a track fromo their most recent studio effort Love at the Bottom of the Sea–a strange woman who shares
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
This is cool. “Calmer than You” is the first track that Trash Kids have released off of the forthcoming debut album “Get Lost.” Its an instrumental psychedelic song, but what it really gets correctly is the groove. This is an excellent example of how to do a bare song, no
On Bloom, Beach House does what they do best and continues to pen some of the best dream pop tunes out there today. WATCH THE REVIVEW
A series of short audio reviews touching down on new releases from Author & Punisher, Lord Mantis, Here We Go Magic, and Orbital.
With Ten Stories, mewithoutYou comes to a somewhat underwhelming middle-ground with the post-hardcore and folk influences that informed the band’s previous two records. WATCH THE REVIEW
On Animal Collective’s new single, the experimental music outfit continue’s to lead the pack with some of the most interesting sounds in modern psychedelic music. WATCH THE REVIEW
A stellar track from one of my favorite beat producers, Hudson Mohawke. Well, to be fair, it’s not just from him. Actually, this track comes from a new collaboration he’s a part of. A duo! If you guys watch my reviews regularly, you may remember Hudson Mohawke’s
