Younger Then Celebrates Salvation Through Music Via "Bad Life" (premiere)
Buffalo, New York band Younger Then delivers a powerful slice of the positive via the title track from their upcoming sophomore album.
04 Sep 2018
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KEN mode Turn Back the Clock with 'Loved'
Canadian extreme hardcore act KEN mode makes a return to its proper, overwhelming form with their sardonically nihilistic new record, Loved.
29 Aug 2018
The Story of Swans by Those Who Lived to Tell
Nick Soulsby's oral history of Swans digs deep in and around the trenches of Michael Gira's twisted musical world.
21 Aug 2018
Uniform Carry on Their Death March with New Album
Industrial/noise rock act Uniform adds drummer Greg Fox to its line-up, shaking up some core elements of their sound on The Long Walk.
13 Aug 2018
Nick Soulsby Reads from His Oral History, 'Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence'
Swans' story is a story of artistic near-death, defiance, and resurrection. This excerpt brings forth the band's challenges during the Swans Are Dead Tour of 1997.
02 Aug 2018
Body/Head Rip Up the Playbook with 'The Switch'
The new studio offering from Kim Gordon and Bill Nace offers an experience that's less tied to the raw emotions of the past and more focused on the exacting, brilliant technical and compositional skills of its creators.
30 Jul 2018
The Oxford Coma Contemplates "Smack & Temporary Enlightenment" (premiere)
The Oxford Coma has a penchant for blending heavy music in the vein of Neurosis with post-rock sensibilities, flashes of grunge and doses of noise, as heard on "Smack & Temporary Enlightenment".
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Music
08 Jun 2018
E Find Some Dark Places in Their 'Negative Work'
With entwined chaos and a compelling attack, E offers plenty of intensity to enjoy on Negative Work.
05 Jun 2018
Ricarda Cometa Combines Latin, African and Asian Influences With Noise, Math Rock on 'Ricarda Cometa 2' (album stream)
Argentine-Peruvian duo Ricarda Cometa prepares for a European tour with the release of a new album filled with adventure, Ricarda Cometa 2.
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Music
31 May 2018
White Hills Returns with New Video, "End of the Line", Celebrating Martin Bisi's BC Studio (premiere)
Extracted from a larger performance, White Hills' "End of the Line" arrives ahead of a new tour from the band and new compilation for producer Martin Bisi.
22 May 2018
Jarboe and Byla's 2007 LP 'Viscera' Gets Reissue Treatment From Translation Loss (album stream)
Still ahead of its time one decade on, Jarboe and Byla's Viscera moves to vinyl for the first time on 20 July. Listen now.
Jedd Beaudoin
Music
18 May 2018
Danish Punk Band Iceage Up the Ante on 'Beyondless'
On Beyondless, Iceage feels as if they've arrived and the stage is all theirs.
09 May 2018
Waveless Dream Up Their Escape on "Second Lot" (premiere)
Minneapolis noise-gaze trio Waveless seethes and soothes with discord and distance on their new album, As One More Folded Paper Crane.
23 Apr 2018
Father Murphy Call It Quits Via a Requiem in 'Rising'
The Italian cult duo's final album is part rock record and part religious ceremony, built on natural texture and stark mysticism.
17 Apr 2018
Preoccupations Show Their Human Side on 'New Material'
Post-punk revivalists Preoccupations are as good as ever, but their third album smooths down their rougher edges and turns their nervy gaze inward.
26 Mar 2018
Palm - "Dog Milk" (Singles Going Steady)
Here we are, in 2018, and we finally have a band that sounds like the lo-fi budget version of looping math-rockers Battles.
07 Mar 2018
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