This group of Israeli madmen is a must-see live act. They usually end up playing on the floor, not the stage, taking their music straight [...]
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MONOTONIX – Not Yetreviewed by Thomas Pizzola
NOISEAR – Subvert the Dominant Paradigmreviewed by Paul J. Comeau
Yet another project of drummer Bryan Fajardo (Kill the Client/Phobia), Noisear’s debut album for Relapse Subvert the Dominant Paradigm is 29 tracks of balls-to-the-wall grind [...]
GOLDENBOY – Sleepwalkerreviewed by Peter Cauvel
Shon Sullivan began writing the first Goldenboy album while he was on tour playing for Elliott Smith almost 10 years ago. Smith actually coined “Goldenboy” [...]
V/A – The New Hopereviewed by Craig Gilbert
The ’80s were a great time for hardcore/punk. People “skanked.” People “thrashed.” Ye olde counter-clockwise circle was a viable form of movement. And there were [...]
STEPHEN DROZD – The Heart is a Drum Machine (The Score)reviewed by Jon Aubin
The Heart is a Drum Machine is a documentary film that explores humanity’s primal urge to create music. The soundtrack, composed by The Flaming Lips’ [...]
STEPHEN DROZD – The Heart is a Drum Machine (The Score)reviewed by Jake Benjamin
Have you seen the clip from Garden State where instead of The Shins playing when Natalie Portman says, “You gotta hear this one song, it’ll [...]
V/A – Fresh Fruit Vol. 1reviewed by Ian Jones
Fresh Fruit Vol. 1 is a misleading title as there are not any progressive or genre-bending tracks on the compilation. Most of the songs are [...]
THE POISON TREE – S/Treviewed by Andrew Lapham Fersch
Brooklyn’s The Poison Tree doesn’t sound like they are putting out their debut album, but rather that they are in the prime of their career, [...]
SHALINI – Magnetic Northreviewed by Peter Cauvel
The first few chords of opening track, “One of One,” sound almost lifted from ’80s REM. Then, Shalini’s vocals kick in, and there’s no missing [...]
BROKEN RECORDS – Let Me Come Homereviewed by Andrew Lapham Fersch
There’s something rainy and unsettling about parts of the new album from Broken Records. Maybe it’s something in their blood, from growing up in Scotland, [...]
THE O’s – Between the Tworeviewed by Andrew Lapham Fersch
Thank god banjos are back in style; the world isn’t as beautiful without them. With bands like the Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons kicking [...]
KILLING JOKE – Absolute Dissentreviewed by Thomas Pizzola
Put this CD on without any preconceptions and you would swear it was made by a young hungry band, not a legendary group going on [...]
SUMMER HOURS – Alone Togetherreviewed by Garrett Lyons
The sound of Summer Hours aptly fits the name of the band. Alone Together floats out of the speakers with sunny chords, bouncy vocals, and [...]
BRITISH SEA POWER – Valhalla Dancehallreviewed by Hanna Rose
Time and again we are drawn into that great unknown, the imagination, en masse. Either to escape from our day-to-day, or for inspiration to draw [...]
CAMPFIRE OK – Strange Like We Arereviewed by Peter Cauvel
Campfire OK isn’t as backwoods as the name suggests. The band dabbles in folk with banjos and acoustic guitars, but pianos and brass power most [...]
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