Glassing – Twin Dream
Over time there’s been an increasing number of bands blurring the lines between blackgaze, atmospheric sludge metal and a screamo leaning post-hardcore. For them, those lines have become arguably irrelevant, a... Read More...
Post Rock Post // December 2020
Good. Lord.
Listen, 2020 has been a very good year for music in general, post- included. That goes doubly so when you take Covid into account. However, I don't think any of us were mentally prepared for the... Read More...
Resin Tomb – Resin Tomb
Australia is absolutely killing it right now. The past few years, I have lost count of how many times I've asked myself, “Huh, I wonder where they're from?” about an amazing new band I've discovered just to se... Read More...
Fliege – The Invisible Seam
Every year, I grow more impressed by the breadth of new ideas introduced into the world of black metal. I've long held the belief that the "blackened" prefix manifests in more unique ways than any other metal ... Read More...
Botanist – Ecosystem
Uniqueness is often conflated with interesting ideas in our modern music consumption landscape. There's plenty of experimental music that, while undeniably different, is pretty deniably good. I've encountered ... Read More...
Foscor – Els Sepulcres Blancs
Foscor exist in a space among metal that I have a lot of time for. Their music feels both modern and nostalgic at the same time. Like it could be from the early 00s, yet with the veneer of modern needle-pushin... Read More...
Hey! Listen to Dispossessed!
You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere. Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
The proliferation of a medium typi... Read More...
Hey! Listen to Riffs for Reproductive Justice!
Editor's note: the world is going to shit, this is known. But what's less accepted is that, in many ways, the world has always been going to shit. In certain points, it has gotten worse, to be sure. In others,... Read More...
State Faults – Clairvoyant
As with any artistic venture, albums can be a lot like a favorite painting, book, or film which, when returned to with fresh senses, lends us an all new understanding of the work than that which we initially t... Read More...
Hey! Listen to The Chemical Mind!
There's been so many good albums this year it's easy for some to slip through the cracks, even ones that you've already listened to. When I first heard The Chemical Mind's Beneath the Shadow It Casts, admitted... Read More...