rock
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Old Gods by Old Gods Featuring members of Dillinger Escape Plan, Heads Will Roll, and the Armed, Detroit’s Old Gods have put together a harsh, high-volume, and riff-heavy set of tracks on this self-titled album. I think the recording, especially on the drums, could be a little better, but
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On St. VIncent’s latest album, singer-songwriter Annie Clark comes together with some pretty bold and experimental flavors.I wouldn’t be surprised if fans found this to be a stranger record than 2009’s Actor. But while many moments on Strange Mercy are, uh, strange, I found this record
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At the Wörthersee Hotel by The Uptights There’s nothing that kills an idea faster than a mindlessly copied trend. I think the idea of “lo-fi bands” qualify. Still, despite the grimy, rough recordings being spoiled for me a bit, I find this latest album from the Uptights kind of
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I didn’t find Girls’ sophomore LP to be as instantaneous, well-produced, or fun as the California band’s debut, but there’s still a great set of tracks here–not to mention a load of ambition in the extra instrumentation. I totally respect the fact that these guys have
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A video for the War On Drugs track “Come to the City.” The band’s new album, Slave Ambient, is out now via Secretly Canadian. Check our review of it here.
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An absolutely hilarious video from Wild Flag, featuring a track from the band’s new self-titled album. The LP will get released via Merge Recs on Sept. 13th. We’ve talked bout this outfit before; so you should know Wild Flag’s personnel by now, and the group’s connections
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New York’s Rational Animals are a difficult breed to describe. Metal, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, and insanely aggressive garage rock all flow within the veins of these four dudes. It makes me wanna spit out one of those hybrid comparisons: It’s kinda like a cross between Drive Like Jehu
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So, yeah, this exists. Soon it’ll exist physically via Third Man Recs on a 7″ record, which features the b-side “Mountain Girl.” I don’t know whether to laugh or throw up. Let me try to figure out a way to do both.
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Dolls Spinning Wide (Demo) by phoriamusic Recommended to me by the, uh, Recommender, is one of the many promising acts rising out of Brighton these days. The Recommender has a better working knowledge of them than I do, but this group in particular is standing out to me. On the
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On September 13th, black metal experimentalists Wolves In the Throne room will be dropping a new album via Southern Lord: Celestial Lineage. And to be honest, I wasn’t sure if I was gonna be looking to this one. I wasn’t a fan of the band’s output since
