Features
Friday, December 11 2009
The Best Psych Albums of 2009
Psychedelia has influenced so many things in 2009 -- whether the band is labeled freak-folk, psych-pop, or garage psychedelia to name a few -- that the creative approach to songwriting has influenced and been adopted by so many genres that barely any independent label has remained untouched by its reaches.
Columns
Friday, December 11 2009
The Best Metal Albums of 2009
It seems every year I say it, but this year it's truer than ever: this was one hell of a year for metal. If you think the Mastodon record is good (which it is) just wait 'til you hear this list’s top three.
Reviews
Wednesday, April 17 2013
Ensemble Pearl: Ensemble Pearl
Sunn O))) make towering, thunderous metal concerned more with volume than detail. But guitarist Stephen O’Malley’s newest project, Ensemble Pearl, is all about the little things.
Friday, January 6 2012
Sunn O))): ØØ Void
While Sunn O)))'s profile is now well established, ØØ Void takes us back to when the band began perfecting the layering of feedback-enriched textures atop a substrata of fissure-ridden doom.
Tuesday, June 9 2009
Sunn O))): Monoliths and Dimensions
The drone duo sounds as imposing as ever, but the big surprise is just how inviting their seventh studio album turns out to be.
Friday, November 11 2005
Sunn O))): Black One
Doom greats Sunn O))) and their collaborator Oren Ambarchi provide us with two wildly disparate, yet similarly abstract examples of ambient/drone music.
Blogs
Friday, December 18 2009
Slipped Disc: Sunn O))) – Monoliths and Dimensions
Albums that missed our Top 60 Albums list, but at least one of our writers loves.
