Spiritualized Harness Their Sonic Power on ‘Everything Was Beautiful’
Spiritualized harness their power on Everything Was Beautiful. Filling the album to the brim with instruments, they find new space in old sounds.
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The Orielles Remix A Certain Ratio’s “Yo Yo Gi” (premiere)
Space rockers the Orielles remix A Certain Ratio’s funky dancefloor banger “Yo Yo Gi” and turn it into a footwork/2 step garage track called “Yo Yo Gimix”.
Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny on Guitar Solos and Cosmic Journeys
Ben Chasny’s latest Six Organs of Admittance release is the project’s most cosmic (and guitar-shredding) journey yet.
PM Picks: The Best New Songs – 16 June 2021
The PM Picks playlist features the best new songs. Today, we feature Ida Mae, Diamond Thug, School of X, Tamaraebi, and Psylla.
Mogwai Perform Premiere of New Album ‘As the Love Continues’
Mogwai can still make blood boil, but only when the love stops and the slaughter of the innocents begins.
Mogwai’s ‘As the Love Continues’ Is a 25th Anniversary Marked in Style
After seven soundtracks, a plethora of quality EPs, plus remix, live, and radio compilations, Mogwai hit another inimitable height with their tenth album, As the Love Continues.
Discover Michigan’s 1990s Space-rock Scene on ‘Southeast of Saturn’
Third Man Records offers a generous overview of Michigan's burgeoning space-rock scene from the 1990s. It covers a wide swath of genres while offering a bunch of largely-unheard rarities.
Lars and the Magic Mountain’s “Invincible” Is a Shoegazey, Dreamy Delight (premiere)
Dutch space pop/psychedelic band Lars and the Magic Mountain share the dreamy and gorgeous "Invincible".
How Hawkwind’s First Voyage Helped Spearhead Space Rock 50 Years Ago
Hawkwind's 1970 debut opened the door to rock's collective sonic possibilities, something that connected them tenuously to punk, dance, metal, and noise.
Reaching For the Vibe: Sonic Boom Fears for the Planet on ‘All Things Being Equal’
Sonic Boom is Peter Kember, a veteran of 1980s indie space rockers Spacemen 3, as well as Spectrum, E.A.R., and a whole bunch of other fascinating stuff. On his first solo album in 30 years, he urges us all to take our foot off the gas pedal.
Hawkwind Hit a Late-Career High With ‘All Aboard the Skylark’
The nostalgia circuit will have to wait a while. Hawkwind have just released an album that borrows from the 1970s, but still sounds relevant in 2019.
The Tea Club’s ‘If/When’ Is a Brilliant Mixture of Folk and Progressive Rock
If/When is stunning, proving yet again why the Tea Club should be celebrated by admirers of any—if not all—of their sundry genre classifications.