15 Essential Autumn Music Albums
Ah, September 22… the Autumn is finally upon us. The leaves will soon be changing, lazy drifting on languid breezes shortly to be crunched underfoot, while the scent of woodsmokes … Continue reading
It’s World Autism Awareness Day! Autism – Film Noir review
On Film Noir, Vilnius, Lithuania’s Autism may mix their metaphors, but they still deliver a mighty slab of monolithic, emotional post-metal! On their most recent outing, Lithuanian post-rock architects speak … Continue reading
Every Night Is Saturday Night: Deafheaven, The Blood Royale, and Diesto; Northwest Hest Fest Day 3 Review
“Fuck it, let’s party – it’s Saturday Night! Oh, who am I kidding; every night is Saturday night. We’re gonna need beer, whiskey, weed, coke… let’s do this!” Tim Corken … Continue reading
Magickal Gunslingers On The Edge Of Infinity: Teeth Of The Sea – Highly Deadly Black Tarantula
Highly Deadly Black Tarantula is a stripped down, monolithic behemoth of a technoid dystopian ritual psychedelia record, that sounds brave in this Brave New World. Teeth Of The Seas‘ breakthrough … Continue reading
Gazing Outward, Looking Inward: Caspian – Dust And Disquiet (Triple Crown)
Massachussett instrumental rock quintet Caspian return with a wild, windswept meditation on vastness and our place in it, on Dust And Disquiet. Whether ocean or desert, tundra or the depths … Continue reading
Eaton Flowers – American Abstraction (SDM-024)
Portland avant-guitarist William Hardy takes us on a journey through the U.S.’ collective subconscious on American Abstraction. Yr about to embark out into the outlying spaces, and there is where … Continue reading
Future Disguises – Alma Mystic Society (Reverb Worship)
Alma Mystic Society is a dense fever dream of a tapestry of a record; a blend of adventurous post-rock and disorienting sound collage. You will be transported. Imagine: it is … Continue reading
Lilacs & Champagne: Midnight Features Vol. 1
What do J Dilla, and J. P. Massiera have to do with Nurse With Wound, King Tubby, haunted folk, and opium-induced ritualistic metal? The answer, in this case, is Emil … Continue reading
Wrekmeister Harmonies – Then It All Came Down (Thrill Jockey)
Light Into Darkness Chicago’s J.R. Robinson believes that life is a long, gradual process of decay and degradation. We are all born innocent, into the light, and slowly succumb to … Continue reading
Wizards Tell Lies – The Maddening Machine
There, in that clearing, on that cold blue night, we three knew that would be the last time that the call of the maddening machine would interfere with our lives. … Continue reading
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