REVIEW: DIIV – “Oshin”
Drifting through their debut record Oshin, it’s not tedious to see DIIV come off more like reunited shoegaze revolutionaries than what…
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REVIEW: Make Do And Mend – “Everything You Ever Loved”
A Make Do And Mend song is a study in itself. You can claim that it’s easy to dissect and categorize but most of the time it will dig into…
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REVIEW: Ty Segall Band – “Slaughterhouse”
If cartoons taught us anything, it’s that a tiny hamster inside of a wheel runs our brain and in the case of Slaughterhouse, the 11-track disc…
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REVIEW: The Smashing Pumpkins – “Oceania”
There are probably quite a few casual music fans who wondered if The Smashing Pumpkins would ever record anything new after Zeitgeist…
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REVIEW: Wintersleep – “Hello Hum”
Starting with the swirling, multi-faceted “Hum”, Wintersleep’s fifth album builds through some jovial guitar riffs before crashing and…
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REVIEW: Metric – “Synthetica”
Balancing what’s real and what’s artificial, Metric appear as if they’re having a difficult time shaping Synthetica into the superior indie…
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REVIEW: Architects – “Daybreaker”
At some capacity, the Brighton four-piece have never really found it problematic to be novel. Their fifth record, Daybreaker, tears the eyes…
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REVIEW: Sigur Ros – “Valtari”
Approaching 20 years together making music, Icelandic ambienteers Sigur Ros have gone in a somewhat more subdued, but nonetheless…
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REVIEW: Japandroids – “Celebration Rock”
Japandroids don’t do quiet. It’s why the Vancouver duo’s second record hangs onto a rib-shaking mentality and pushes out the motive to…
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REVIEW: The Walkmen – “Heaven”
Even in its most tender, lovesick heart-dusting moments, Heaven unravels in your arms to show it’s mature. Compared to the rest of the…
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