Column
A rejected film score with a reputation that precedes it.
An exploration of joy and faith after trauma through an act of unabashed prog.
Alt-country, “whatever that is,” is a lot harder to pin down than it might seem on the surface.
Thirteen albums that made the month, plus two great ones we missed from the past few.
The lesson? Never pick up hitchhikers.
A six-pack of metal records that provide much-needed primal scream therapy.
Dense sludge, dazzling technical death metal, and some innovative prog metal weirdness from Brazil.
A song response to the most notorious fan the duo ever had.
America always manages to bury the Black people that serve it the most. It’s just…
A rock ‘n’ roll song with a killer riff and a sinister backstory.
Nostalgia can be the enemy of creativity, but these old-school-leaning albums still rip.
How an upbeat funk song launched a wild rumor.
An introduction to our new country column, featuring thoughts on country’s mainstream standard-bearer.
The best new releases of the past month, from desert blues to progressive metalcore.
But the riffs… Whenever someone utters this phrase on social media, it’s usually in jest.…
A roundup of the best new metal that dares to circumvent convention.