May 27, 2018 10 Defining Albums, #4: I Could Live in Hope by Low (Review) I was completely spellbound by Low’s stripped down, sparser-than-sparse sound.
May 27, 2018 10 Defining Albums, #3: The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads by Lift to Experience (Review) This album was a constant companion during a long period of heartbreak and doubt.
May 27, 2018 10 Defining Albums, #2: What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye (Review) This is an album in which I still find peace, relief, and inspiration to this day.
May 27, 2018 10 Defining Albums, #1: Wish by The Cure (Review) Put simply, no album feels more like high school to me, for better or worse, than Wish.
May 12, 2018 In Rotation: Gang Gang Dance, Dirk Serries, Aseul, Damien Jurado (Review) Sleek ethereal pop, serene drones, South Korean dreampop, and lush indie-folk.
Apr 24, 2018 Watch The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus Offer Up a “Prayer” The band’s simple, sparse performance is sublime.
Apr 24, 2018 Watch The Verve’s Mind-Blowing 1992 Performance at London’s Camden Town Hall This performance is proof that Nick McCabe was one of the true ’90s guitar gods.
Apr 20, 2018 Black Panther Meets Outkast in J.PERIOD’s #WakandaForeverEver Mashup The noted producer combines the “Black Panther” soundtrack with selections from the storied hip-hop duo’s discography.
Apr 13, 2018 A Dark Place by Tor Lundvall (Review) Tor Lundvall’s first vocal album in nearly ten years blends hushed ambient music with themes of sorrow and longing.
Apr 9, 2018 globalWAVEsystem’s Life Equals Death Took Christian Industrial Music to Dark, Distorted Extremes (Review) When I was in high school, I once used this album to scare the little kids in my church.
Apr 3, 2018 The Choir Announce New Album Bloodshot, Tour Dates With The Prayer Chain Choir frontman Derri Daugherty will also release a solo album this year.
Apr 3, 2018 Dead Artist Syndrome’s Classic Prints of Darkness To Be Reissued Brian Healy will also perform the album in its entirety at this year’s Audiofeed Music Festival.
Mar 24, 2018 In Rotation: Natalie Evans, The Nightcrawlers, Slow Meadow, Chad Valley (Review) Delicate acoustic folk, spaced out synth jams, contemplative ambience, and soulful electronic pop.
Mar 18, 2018 The Violet Burning Are Planning Three New Albums for 2018 This will be the first new music from the Violets since 2011.
Mar 16, 2018 Miracle’s The Strife of Love in a Dream Revels in Esoteric, Elegant Synth-Pop (Review) Miracle’s darkly elegant music takes the sounds of the ’80s and reshapes them into strange and thrillingnew forms.
Mar 9, 2018 Not Thrilled by Fine China (Review) Fine China return after thirteen years with some of their best songs to date. Elegant, wistful pop of the finest sort.
Mar 3, 2018 DigHayZoose’s Ambitious MagentaMantaLoveTree Combined Funk, Metal & Psychedelia With Strange Results (Review) MagentaMantaLoveTree is a sprawling, uneven album that’s by turns fascinating and frustrating, impassioned and inconsistent.
Feb 16, 2018 Raison d’être’s Alchymeia Is a Jung-Inspired Soundtrack Through the Shadows (Review) Raison d’être’s dark ambience may begin in the shadows, but it’s never content to stay there.
Feb 13, 2018 Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969-2018) Cinema has lost one of its most admired, acclaimed, and distinguished composers.
Feb 7, 2018 The Honeybear by Hampshire & Foat (Review) This “children fairytale book concept album” is full of enchanting, beguiling music.