Chat Pile Archives

Our favorite records from the past year, from Arooj Aftab to Wand

From bangers to ballads, our favorite tracks from a complicated year

A look back at all things heavy from the past year

All the bands are playing. All of them.

We spoke to the group about ‘Cool World’, movies, unexpected success and more

Plus Oranssi Pazuzu, Touche Amore, Envy, and Ariella

The Oklahoma City noise rock band raise the stakes on their second album, lifting a veil while remaining unrelentingly heavy

A look ahead at the season’s most promising new albums

Plus Chat Pile, Ka, and Kal Marks

Watch the latest video from ‘Cool World’

Plus Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Unto Others, and Drug Church

Hear new song “I Am Dog Now”

New four-song recording to be released on a 12-inch LP with debut EP ‘The Circle Chant’

Looking back on nearly 15 years of dark experimental music

Dates lined up in the Midwest and East Coast

Plus Lil Ugly Mane, Chat Pile, YOB and more

The debuts, comebacks, cult favorites and blockbusters that defined a year

Our favorite anthems, bangers, ballads and rippers of the past year

The best, heaviest music from a stacked if unusual year

Plus Kelela and Weyes Blood