Music
Review: Woman’s Hour – Conversations
Woman’s Hour = The Sundays + Cocteau Twins … read more
Review: Agnes Obel – Aventine (Deluxe Edition)
Agnes Obel = Joanna Newsom + Feist / Ane Brun … read more
Review: Porya Hatami – Arrivals and Departures
Porya Hatami = Siavash Amini + Asfandyar Khan + Stars of the Lid … read more
Review: Pig Destroyer – Mass & Volume
Pig Destroyer = Brutal Truth + Nasum + Napalm Death … read more
Local Review: Herban Empire – Self-Titled EP
Herban Empire = The Dirty Heads + Pepper + Slightly Stoopid … read more
Pallbearer: Foundations of Burden
“Sorrow and Extinction developed a following pretty quickly, and luckily, we had a lot of people in our corner to help push the new album,” he says. “It sort of came out of the gate pretty hot, surprisingly. None of us really expected that at all.” Despite their sudden popularity, Pallbearer try to focus on their music, not on the publicity. “It’s basically like we do with everything—try to take everything in stride, not have any expectations about what is coming next and just roll with it,” says Pallbearer bassist Joseph D. Rowland. … read more
Top 5: Foster Body
Foster Body’s debut album, Landscapes, which was released on cassette and digitally in March, captures the Salt Lake City–based, punk combo at a brilliant moment of process—merging strong aesthetic sentiment and live performance practice into a compelling vision for contemporary noise-punk. With eight tracks lashing across the album’s 20-minute duration, Landscapes is a quick yet thrilling listen. … read more
Review: The Wonder Revolution – Wow
The Wonder Revolution = múm + Seabear … read more
Review: Balmorhea – Self-Titled (2014 Re-issue)
Balmorhea = Musk Ox + Marc Euvrie … read more
Review: Primus – Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the...
Primus = Flaming Lips’ The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs and Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon + Disney’s Splash Mountain … read more
Review: Alison Moyet – minutes and seconds – Live
Alison Moyet = Janis Joplin + Dusty Springfield … read more
Local Review: New City Skyline – Collisions
New City Skyline = Staind – Godsmack + Fuel … read more
