Wieuca: Guilt Complex
Just as Yin has its Yang, East Coast and Philly-centered Emo had its Midwest counterpart, and cheerful Summer found a melancholic repeat in Indian…
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Us and Us Only: Full Flower
Waking up with half a hangover is basically what Full Flower, the latest release from Us and Us Only, sounds like. Everything is a…
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Beach House: B-Sides and Rarities
Slow drum beat fades in; Legrand matches an synth arpeggios with her Q Lazzarus-style vocals. The first song on the album, “Chariot,” sweeps up…
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Lo Tom: Lo Tom
There’s seemingly two kinds of bands in this world. The first is the happenstance group that just so happens to find each other –a…
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Public Service Broadcasting: Every Valley
The highly specific subject matter of London band Public Service Broadcasting’s third studio album, Every Valley, deals with the rise and fall of the…
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Boris: Dear
Boris is a Japanese noise/metal/experimental with twenty-five years of ongoing experience. If you haven’t heard of them, the prerequisite catalog is rather extensive and…
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Fleet Foxes: Crack-up
Fleet Foxes first album in 6 years, Crack-up, is a delightful smorgasbord of folk fusion. Like their previous albums, the band smashes vintage folk…
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Cigarettes After Sex: Cigarettes After Sex
Brooklyn slowcore act Cigarettes After Sex released their first EP in 2012. At a total running time of under twenty minutes, the four songs…
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Ruby Force: Evolutionary War
Despite what you might be thinking right now, Ruby Force is not the name of a new super hero, though Ruby Force: Evolutionary War…
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Big Boi: Boomiverse
“Rap’s underground railroad but nothing’s above me,” Big Boi boasts in Boomiverse‘s opening track “Da Next Day.” But after 2012’s mediocre Vicious Lies &…
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