“Music” Archives

The “beautiful noise” duo are keeping busy with releases of new and archived material.

The Low Drone of Earth may be Tholen’s darkest album to date, but it’s also one of his most successful and well-realized.

Even though he may not have written “Asa,” Witmer does a fine job of making it “his.”

With 7.25.2148, Makeup and Vanity Set have crafted a darkly beautiful synthesizer journey.

Tyler Hayes argues that the “traditional” review format is poorly suited for today.

The composer’s soundtrack is eerie, ancient, and absolutely spell-binding.

Perhaps the disparity between the song’s subject matter and the listening environment crystallized into one of those musical moments.

An impressive and haunting debut thanks to its remarkably mature degree of restraint and control.

Kevin Shields broke the Internet earlier tonight.

This year’s list spans from apocalyptic post-rock to black metal to EBM to psych-pop to synthpop.

The trio’s debut album is lovely ambient folk-pop perfect for the coming winter.