REVIEW: Departures – “Still And Moving Lines”
Hidden behind a thick wall of experimentals with hard and soft edges, Departures’ Still And Moving Lines is an intuitive portrait of how an…
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REVIEW: How To Dress Well – “Total Loss”
If 808s & Heartbreak is Kanye West’s radical departure into self-examination, Total Loss is Tom Krell disintegrating into thin cold air…
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REVIEW: Gallows – “Gallows”
For 11 tracks, Gallows’ self-titled effort moves on from brooding uncensored despair to deliver intrepid ferocity, that through a more…
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REVIEW: Title Fight – “Floral Green”
If Shed was a lonely ceiling light worth hanging onto, Title Fight’s Floral Green is a graphic continuation that guts out any false meaning to…
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REVIEW: Seapony – “Falling”
For the Seattle trio, torching minimalist pop with sunset-tripping guitars isn’t just a niche, it’s also an unconscious release tapping into a…
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REVIEW: Yeasayer – “Fragrant World”
It’s a little surprising that Yeasayer became one of the only bands to come out of Brooklyn in the last 15 years that did not wind up on…
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REVIEW: Two Door Cinema Club – “Beacon”
There are British rock groups that create their own indentation and there are others that slowly fade away. Luckily, Northern Ireland’s…
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REVIEW: Circa Survive – “Violent Waves”
Violent Waves may be succeeding a cathartic trilogy but even with its independent framework, the album carries a windowless look into…
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REVIEW: The Chariot – “One Wing”
With their own breed of southern metalcore on their sleeve, The Chariot’s only weakness is that they don’t have one. Five albums into a…
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REVIEW: Wild Nothing – “Nocturne”
Somewhere buried in the haze of Nocturne is Jack Tatum’s heart and though it’s layered by sentimental nostalgia, it chomps at the bit…
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