FACS Carries on the Chicago Post-Punk Tradition with ‘Negative Houses’
Negative Houses shows FACS to be fairly deep in the lineage of Chicago's long, storied history of dissonant post-punk.
Ian King
Author of Appetite for Definition: An A-Z Guide to Rock Genres (Harper Perennial, 2018). www.ianfking.com
Gentle Leader XIV – “Me & My Baby” (premiere)
Gentle Leader XIV marries '60s girl group melodies and chilly, echoing atmosphere to heighten the sense of longing on "Me & My Baby".
Yo La Tengo’s ‘There’s a Riot Going On’ Returns to the Resting Heart Rate of ‘And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out’
More than most any other Yo La Tengo album, There's a Riot Going On has a palpable atmosphere and unflappable mood all of its own.
Suuns’ ‘Felt’ Is the Band’s Most Candid Album
Suuns' Felt the is the follow-up to their pivotal Hold/Still, and it's the most candid album the Canadian band has made.
The Men’s ‘Drift’ Is Their Most Spacious Album to Date
Drift is the first true curveball from Brooklyn band the Men in their ten years together.
Keiji Haino and SUMAC Join Forces for ‘American Dollar Bill’
The Japanese rock insurrectionary Keiji Haino and Northwest art metal trio SUMAC improvise über-heavy body music.
Pariuh Wonder “Who Am I Going to Talk to Everyday?” on New EP (premiere)
The itchy Miami sound machine launch a saturated burst with Family Witchcraft Attack.
Emo, Mascara Scars and All
The founder of Washed Up Emo brings together ten podcast interviews in print form to document the history of one of rock's most misunderstood genres.
The Best Shoegaze and Dream Pop of 2017
2017 has been a remarkable year for shoegaze and dream pop. If it were only for the re-raising of two central pillars of the initial scene it would still have been enough, but that wasn’t even the half of it.
Melkbelly: Nothing Valley
The Chicago band’s combustion engine runs on chaotic cohesion.
Banny Grove: ‘Cars in Control EP’ (audio) (premiere)
Banny Grove's new Cars in Control EP is much more a product of, and response to, Southern California’s bright sprawling artifice.