rock
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Mastodon comes through with a new single that pleases and pummels. I’m definitely digging it more than most of what I heard on the Hunter a few years ago.
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The new single from George Lewis Jr., a.k.a. Twin Shadow, is pure power ballad mimicry. You might dig it if, you know, you’re into that sorta thing.
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HAH! Jack really came through on this new one. At first, I was a little on the fence about this whole solo thing, but he’s really starting to convince me on this latest single of his, “Lazaretto.” Yeah, I understand that his voice, guitar tone, songwriting style hasn’t
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Singles collection by Sleaford Mods Musically minimal and verbally maximal, this singles collection from Sleaford Mods is one of the oddest things I’ve come into contact with in the past month. Yeah, it sounds a lot like the Fall, but their use of drum machines and loops definitely sets
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I collaborate with the RIO!B’s Sami Jarroush on this review of the latest Cloud Nothings album.
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A wild, wordy, and riff-y track from Geronimo! titled “Mr. President.” It comes form the band’s next LP, Cheap Trick, which is dropping on May 13th via Exploding In Sound–you know, the home of my dude’s in Pile. What his song doesn’t have in finesse, it
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbrNt-dMDsY “Facts Are Fiction” In the first music video in support of Mess, Liars reduce, deconstruct, and distort reality via a repetitious, cycled sequence of the trio, placed in the midst of an anarchic situation, slowly retreating backwards up a set of steps. With
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Recent Constellation Records signees Ought have just dropped the first song to be released from their forthcoming debut LP on the legendary Montreal label. The album is dropping on April 29th, and is titled More Than Any Other Day. Admittedly, I’m a bit of a sucker for wordy rock
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCua7a201m0 The previously mentioned Belgian post-metal act Amenra are back with a new music video for their 13-minute-long piece “A Mon Âme,” taken from their 2012 LP Mass V. Definitely check this album out if you’re looking for a band that can smoothly
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The previously mentioned Odonis Odonis drops a new video that features some Terry Gilliam-esque animation from Lee Stringle. It’s a pretty overwhelming set of disturbing visuals that matches the music perfectly. The band itself delivers one of the noisiest songs I’ve heard them create yet, making me even
