Music
Review: Harm Joy – Inside Out
Harm Joy = Assemblage 23 + Benny Benassi + Covenant … read more
Review: Princess Nokia – Metallic Butterfly
Princess Nokia = SZA + Rocky Rivera … read more
Review: Plague Vendor – Free To Eat
Review: Plague Vendor – Free To Eat … read more
Review: Stuntman – Incorporate the Excess
Chaotic and frenzied, France’s Stuntman packs an impressive amount into Incorporate the Excess. On its surface, this grind-influenced album would appear to be predominantly grind based, but with so many odd time signatures and syncopation, their assault is more calculated. … read more
Review: Jhamasa Corinthian – Retro Love Arcade
Jhamasa Corinthian = Kelis + Big Boi … read more
Review: Shamir – Northtown
With a falsetto that ignores gender identity and production help from GODMODE head Nick Sylvester, the Northtown EP is an assertive debut. … read more
Review: Sandy’s – Fourth Dementia
Every song is like an island in a geographically-close chain, and each is closely related in overall vegetation, but every one has both subtle and clever differences. Schematically, this album is an intricately beach-infused psychedelic wonderland—for the heaviest dose, see “Lonely Hunter.” … read more
Review: Peter Murphy – Lion
Peter Murphy = David Bowie + Morrissey … read more
Review: Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
Sharon Van Etten is on the rise. Her last album, Tramp, saw her really come into her own as a songwriter, while gaining wider recognition touring with acts like The National. … read more
Review: Papercuts – Life Among the Savages
Papercuts = Spiritualized + The Eels – Coldplay … read more
Review: S.O.A. – First Demo 12/29/80
State of Alert (S.O.A.) is one of the unsung heroes of the Washington, D.C. hardcore scene. They were a flash in the pan, existing for less than a year before disbanding in the summer of 1981. Led by a 19-year-old Henry Rollins, they recorded eight songs.
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Review: New God – Firework
New God = Elliott Smith x Birds of Tokyo + Mac DeMarco … read more
