Apr 22, 2015 Just a Reminder: Native Lights’ Album Is Finally Here It’s basically what you’d expect from a group featuring members of Ester Drang and Unwed Sailor, in the best way.
Apr 8, 2015 Makeup & Vanity Set’s Wilderness Is a Synthesizer Music Tour de Force (Review) Wilderness represents a new benchmark for the dreamwave genre, a record that’s as soulful and sleek as it is synthetic and sinister.
Apr 7, 2015 Anaphylaxis’ Shell Beach Is Finally Seeing the Light of Day The self-described “definitive” Anaphylaxis album has never seen the light of day… until now.
Apr 3, 2015 Sufjan Stevens Sings of Grief, Death, Love & Forgiveness on Carrie & Lowell (Review) Stripped of his usual pomp, Sufjan’s latest explores his relationship with his troubled mother with grace, compassion, and brutal honesty.
Mar 25, 2015 Candy, Darling? by The Shroud (Review) An interesting glimpse of the earlier days of a band currently enjoying a renaissance.
Mar 21, 2015 I Will Gladly March in Mew’s Snow Brigade There’s something ridiculously awesome about my favorite Mew moment.
Mar 20, 2015 Disasters by Carlos Forster (Review) Disasters isn’t just Forster’s most experimental release to date; it’s also one of his best and most emotional.
Mar 14, 2015 Mood by Noah (Review) The sort of downtempo music that’s best listened to when you’re too tired to stay awake but not tired enough to go to bed yet.
Mar 11, 2015 Listen to Two Songs from Mew’s Upcoming Album The band’s upcoming album — their “most versatile yet” — will be released on April 27.
Feb 27, 2015 Luxury’s Unique Rock n’ Roll Story Is Becoming a Documentary Luxury’s story isn’t necessarily your typical rock n’ roll epic, what with the priesthood and all, but it is a fascinating one.
Feb 26, 2015 Dynamic Stillness by Steve Roach (Review) Dynamic Stillness is one of the more challenging Steve Roach releases; it’s not without its rewards, but it makes its own demands of the listener.
Feb 15, 2015 Trophies, Luxury’s First Album in a Decade, Is a Brilliant & Bracing Return to Form (Review) Regardless of why Luxury released a new album after a decade, I’m glad they did; simply put, Trophies contains the best music I’ve ever heard from them.
Feb 7, 2015 The Diverse Genius of Yoko Kanno I’ve compiled some of my favorite Yoko Kanno compositions to showcase the remarkable diversity and flare that typifies her music.
Jan 22, 2015 2015 Is Going to Be Such a Great Year for Music Björk, The Declining Winter, Sufjan Stevens, and many more. Time to start saving up…
Jan 13, 2015 Pure Bathing Culture Reveal New Songs at Stagepass If this is any indication of the group’s future endeavors, then their next release is going to be something fine, indeed.
Jan 11, 2015 The Shoegaze Revival Continues with the Return of Swervedriver The band’s first album since 1998 will be released on March 3.
Jan 3, 2015 My Favorite Songs of 2014, Part 3: Sun Kil Moon, Todd Terje, Temples, Wovenhand, “Weird Al” & More Post-punk shoegaze, confessional ballads, solo piano, psychedelic pop, and more. Oh, and Weird Al as well.