Only Liars could collide romanticism and desolation to create an album so beautiful that it sends 100 little waves rolling down your spine. Sisterworld, the band’s fifth album, pulls no punches yet is still able to appear lovable and controlled. Read more…
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In 2007, Spoon released Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, the most challenging and successful album of their career. Finally, the Austin, Texas based band has answered the call for more. Transference is the band’s seventh studio album, and it sees them experimenting with style yet again. They have reduced the extravagance of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga to a lo-fi hum with every track stripped down to bare bones. Read more…
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The Melvins have been releasing a slurry of punk metal anthems for decades, paying very little attention to commercial trends. This playful arrogance has earned them a band of loyal followers, half of whom this album will annoy. Read more…
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Twenty-two-year-old Nathan Williams is more than just an average guy; he is Wavves, a one-man, lo-fi punk band. Since his home-recorded cassette tapes and general turbulence took to its throne in damaged eardrums in 2008, Williams has become the source of much discussion from chatterboxes worldwide. Read more…
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In a world that constantly fears nuclear warfare, Nick Grey & the Random Orchestra have produced an album that shows a prophecy of desolation and depravity. Spin Vows Under Arch is the band’s sixth studio album and their best to date.
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Following a critically acclaimed debut album is never easy, especially when producing the brand of electronic drone that a number of people just don’t get. It comes as both a shocking surprise and a great relief to say that Fuck Buttons, the musical collaborative between Matthew Hung and Benjamin John Power of Bristol, England, have managed this difficult task. Read more…
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Here are The Long Dead Sevens, the brainchild of songwriters Paul J. Rogers and Nick Cliff, with their debut album The White Waltz and Other Stories, essentially a collection of Wild West ballads dripping with atmosphere. Their use of haunting organs and heavy reverb is commendable, and probably the best thing they have done with their debut. Read more…
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If there were ever a debut album that could have changed the face of both contemporary and mainstream music in synchrony, it’s Jewellery, the debut album from Micachu & The Shapes, the vehicle for classically trained musician Mica Levi. Produced by the artist herself alongside critically acclaimed electronic musician Matthew Herbert, it was widely believed before its release that Jewellery would do wonderful things. Unfortunately, it didn’t. Read more…
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Croatian noise-rockers Seven That Spells return to the forefront of alternative music with their fifth album Black Om Rising. Seven That Spells stand out from their peers mainly due to their intricate and original use of a saxophone, the likes of which can be experienced through experimental music genius Ornette Coleman.
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Tortoise has been unnervingly quiet for years and post-rock has been reeling from it. Audiences all over the world have been holding their breath for three years of potential silence in waiting for this album, and Beacons of Ancestorship, the band’s sixth full-length release in its 15-year career, is of epic proportion.
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