Authors: Ryan Sanford
Review: The National – Sleep Well Beast
The National = The Afghan Whigs + Morphine + Leonard Cohen … read more
Review: Snail Mail – Lush
Snail Mail = Frankie Cosmos + The Raincoats + Flying Nun Records … read more
Review: Mogwai – Every Country’s Sun
Mogwai = Neu! + Slint + Alessandro Cortini … read more
Review: METZ – Strange Peace
METZ = Mclusky + Nirvana + The Jesus Lizard … read more
Review: Mount Eerie – Now Only
Mount Eerie = Thanksgiving + Low + Smog … read more
Review: King Woman – Created in the Image of Suffering
King Woman = Whirr + SubRosa + Royal Thunder … read more
Review: Hovvdy – Cranberry
Hovvdy Cranberry Double Double Whammy Records Street: 02.09 Hovvdy = Sebadoh + Pinegrove + Idaho Hovvdy’s debut album, Taster, was sober and doleful, the entire album littered with downcast moments, and were it not for its guitars’ sparse use of fuzz, it would be an album that would hardly seem capable of lifting its head
Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Luciferian Towers
Godspeed You! Black Emperor = Iannis Xenakis + SWANS + Steve Reich … read more
Local Review: No Sun – If Only
No Sun = My Bloody Valentine + Nothing + DIIV … read more
Local Review: Cupidcome – Sweet Heart
Cupidcome = Skywave + Love Spirals Downwards + Cranes … read more
Local Review: Black Flak and the Nightmare Fighters – Once...
Black Flak and the Nightmare Fighters = MONO + This Will Destroy You … read more
Review: Florist – If Blue Could Be Happiness
Florist If Blue Could Be Happiness Double Double Whammy Street: 9.29 Florist = Mount Eerie + Georgia Hubley + Diane Cluck It would be impossible to listen to all of the albums released in 2016, but I do not think it would be far-fetched to categorize Florist’s first full-length The Birds Outside Sang, put out
