Album Reviews
Indiana emcee and LA producer create a seamless hip-hop collaboration — just as you might have expected them to.
Indiana sludge slingers Coffinworm deepen the murk on this impressively evil sounding new full-length.
This new box set of material recorded between 1993 and 1994 shows Unwound as a ferocious and singular band.
Philadelphia roots-gazers stretch out their hazy, effects laden rock sounds into new and breathtaking shapes on their epic third album.
Written in a variety of different locales, Lo-Fang’s debut comes together as an atmospheric and soulful whole.
Recorded with Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Efrim Menuck, the North Bay hardcore group’s latest goes a little darker.
UK doom-slingers Conan continue their skull-rattling sludge extravaganza on this meaty set of metal.
The new, self-titled Eagulls album lives up to the promise of their offstage attitude with a solid set of searing post-punk rock tunes.
Philadelphia’s Nothing look to shoegaze’s past to create something powerful and promising on their Relapse debut.
A collaboration between Andrew Hock of Castevet and Charlie Looker of Zs/Extra Life, Psalm Zero draw from industrial metal sounds on their Profound Lore debut.
Syracuse, New York punk band finds a happy medium between visceral abrasiveness and endearing charm on their Captured Tracks debut.
Philadelphians continue to mine their shoegazer influences on ‘Interrupt,’ though one gets the sneaking suspicion it works out better in a live setting.
Progressive death metal icons delve into modern rock with a few fits and starts.
Perhacs makes an unexpected return after 44 years, with a new album that shows her still creatively inspired.
The Men still create one hell of a bruiser on Tomorrow’s Hits, regardless of the extra bit of studio polish added.
Another gorgeous drive through dreamy, guitar-scored scenery, hazy melancholy and instrumental wonder.
Chapel Hill group scale back and simplify a bit on Past Life, which moves away a bit from the darkness and grief of their previous album.
On Present Tense, the UK indie rockers manage to both scale back and deepen their sound, with a greater emphasis on hooks.
On Blank Project, Cherry teams up with Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden and yields a fully contemporary, unique set of pop songs.
With Morning Phase, Beck creates a sonic and spiritual successor to Sea Change, without resorting to making a carbon copy.