Rooms are pretty difficult to get excited about. They’re yet another entry in a disconcertingly long list of post-punk upstarts who (probably after seeing the [...]

The Dont’s third record, Those Delicate Chemicals, encompasses the band’s blend of ’80s/’90s post-punked heyday with nods to the Fall, Replacements and Talking Heads — but ultimately [...]

British post-punk legends Echo & The Bunnymen are launching their first US tour in support of their acclaimed new album, The Fountain. The shows are [...]

After a 10-year career, Brooklyn indie/punk rockers Nakatomi Plaza are hanging up the towel. In conjunction with their demise they’ve released one last album, ironically titled Ghosts. The album serves as a sort of Viking burial for the band, casting off 11 tracks of pop-punk and post-hardcore to burn into the ocean.

Elizabeth Fraser. The name alone conjures up flashbacks of the neon-spewing Eighties synth and New Wave. The Cocteau Twins breakup broke hearts in 1997, but [...]

Hailing from gauzier side of San Francisco’s very distinctive music scene, Metropolis recording artists Veil Veil Vanish are set to release their debut album Change [...]

There’s no shortage of misunderstood places in America, and with that there’s always a chance that some sort of musical act will rise from the [...]

Listening to The Chambermaids’ album Down In the Berries is a strange experience for anyone who was a kid when the Athens sound had yet [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #5 The first track on this four song EP makes me glad that I do record reviews.  “Second of February” [...]