January 2017 Archives

This gorgeous space-themed EP blends metal and shoegaze to stunning effect.

The as-yet-untitled release will be recorded this February.

The Texas group’s darkly cinematic take on country-western and Americana is still as timeless and haunting as ever.

Coming soon: The greatest talking pig movie of all time, magicians, classic Schwarzenegger, classic James Bond, and more.

It’s easy to let yourself get swallowed up by the trio’s dark, chilly music.

Gloomy post-punk that’ll make you want to break out the black fingernail polish again.

Slowdive’s first new song in over 20 years is arguably their most aggressive yet.

Jagged industrial and EMB with a punk-like attitude and posture.

Minimalist industrial punk; the return of a shoegaze legend; dreamy inter-dimensional post-punk; and darkly lush pop from Germany.

Aposimz contains plenty of Nihei trademarks plus a few tweaksthat give it some unique flavor, too.

It’s one of the best Arcade Fire songs to date — and a nice tease for their upcoming concert film.

And it picks right up where their masterpiece, 1993’s Euphoria, left off.

I’d spend hours poring over catalogs like these, trying to decide what music to buy with my meager college paychecks.

Vertical Comics’ excellent reprint captures all of the engrossing and unsettling detail in Nihei’s intricate artwork.

2016 was actually a pretty good year — at least as far as Opus’ analytics were concerned.