Big|Brave Archives

Our picks for the highest points at the halfway mark

Their sound stripped of drums, Big|Brave create a dense wall of distortion with an emotional core

The two bands and occasional collaborators have lined up summer North American tour dates

Hear “the ineptitude for mutual discernment”

A movie can live or die by its score. A composed soundtrack has the power…

Hear “innominate No. ii”

Our favorite records from the halfway point

We survey the best of the best from an increasingly overwhelming half-year of music

The group returns to the states this summer in support of ‘A Chaos of Flowers’

Oops! All ringers!

10 Experimental shape-shifting greats.

Plus Bbymutha, Lord Spikeheart, High on Fire, Infinite River, Ekko Astral, Cavalier and Couch Slut

The Montreal trio’s world has never seemed so vast

‘A Chaos of Flowers’ out April 19

The must-hear records of the coming season

Plus Pissed Jeans, Shabazz Palaces, and Big|Brave

Hear new song “I felt a funeral”

50 records from a year that overwhelmed us with great music

The best of what was loud in 2023

Looking over the past six months of outstanding new music