Grain fuzzes and birds chirp. A mystical synth flutters. Then a powerful guitar crushes them, droning onward with distorted beauty that settles into a…
Grecian Urn, the new album from Southern California band Adult Books is easy on the ears but that’s about all that it has to…
You’re suddenly thrown into an array of noise and ambiguous sounds. Then Ian Sweet’s voice and guitar contextualize the first track “My Favorite Cloud”…
While God is an Astronaut has become a more dynamic and versatile band, they’ve also lost some of the atmosphere that once made them…
Let’s not pretend that end-of-year album lists are significant or relevant. They are completely subjective, almost without utility beyond giving us the opportunity to…
Rumori is the solo project of cellist, composer, and sound engineer Jason Adams. Adams’ new EP, Kii, was born from a single of the…
Refused has lost their edge. Sure the guitars are well-played and the production is tight, but it doesn’t matter. Ironically the flame is gone…
Southern California’s newest no-holds-barred metalcore outfit Scalp has a debut full-length to present to the world. Domestic Extremity is drenched in throwback grind, punk,…
From the first moments of rumbling bass and distorted vocals on “Look,” Fiction, the new release from Canadian noise-rock outfit Suuns, stands apart. Released…
Souvenirs’ new album Love for the Lack of It comes after the brutal autoimmune disease diagnosis of guitarist and vocalist Tim Riley. The opening…
