"Memoriam", the opening track off of Russian Circles' latest effort, Memorial, is exactly how a band of such heavy magnitudes should begin each album. The guitars are quiet; ambient tones echo...
Read onOn their debut LP, This Side Dawn, eclectic pop-folk-jazz-rock band Fox & Woman gives us an exciting window into their developing hybridized sound. Throughout the album, satisfying pop-inspired moments catch our ear while sporadic bursts of musical...
In this month's Aural Devastation, Kylesa return with a new album and Deafheaven redefine black metal as they know it -- plus songs from The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sun and Setting, and Sleeping in Gethsemane.
Lightning Bolt This post is dedicated exclusively to Rhode Island duo of insanity, Lightning Bolt. Here’s some news that just about everyone who likes chaos in music cares about: Lightning Bolt just announced tour dates and a new EP of old...
“Pop music shouldn’t always get a bad rap,” says Top Pops!, a recurring selection of pop music highlights across a selection of styles. Austin’s Deep Time get feminist, Shawn Lee has one foot in space and in the ocean, and...
MADNESS! is a recurring series of audio WTFs and head-twitching, spine-tingling experimental or chaotic fun (k-k+st-s)icks. Starring “Kraut-punk, you say?” my ears perking up. “Whatever could that madness be?” That madness is...
Gary Hill. The Psychedelic Gedankenexperiment. 2011. Two projection screens, two HD video projectors, eight specially fabricated foam chairs, four text panels (each 40 x 71 inches), four amplified speakers on tripods, 3D glasses, acoustic...
Our third-annual album cover art feature uses interviews with artists and musicians to highlight the philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork. THE BREAKDOWN 12 Collage + 14 Digital Illustration...