Chastity Belt – I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone Released June 2nd, 2017 On the surface, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone sounds like a band more at ease with themselves than ever. Chastity Belt couldn’t… Continue Reading
Gregg Allman, the soulful singer-songwriter and rock n’ blues pioneer who founded The Allman Brothers Band with his late brother, Duane, and composed such classics as “Midnight Rider,” “Melissa” and the epic concert jam “Whipping Post,” has died at age… Continue Reading
Chris Cornell, the powerful, dynamic singer whose band Soundgarden was one of the architects of grunge music, has died at 52. Mr. Cornell died Wednesday night in Detroit, said his representative, Brian Bumbery, in a statement that called the death… Continue Reading
Charly Bliss – Guppy Released April 21st, 2017 Frontwoman Eva Hendricks channels her inner Kay Hanley (an admitted influence) on Charly Bliss’ full-length debut album, Guppy. The Brooklyn-based quartet (Eva Hendricks on vocals and guitar, brother Sam Hendricks on drums,… Continue Reading
Arca – Arca Released March 31st, 2017 Though described by one critic as “one of this generation’s most forward-thinking electronic musicians” and another trying to convince you that Arca is ” Transmuting the hopelessly bittersweet suffering and anguish of life… Continue Reading
Mastodon – Emperor of Sand Released March 31st, 2017 Emperor Of Sand stands as the best full-length example of their attempts to marriage their stoner riffs to their prog interests. As a result both the disgruntled diehards who prefer “the early… Continue Reading
Pharmakon – Contact Released March 31st, 2017 Pharmakon’s music is hard to sit with, but that’s by design. For nearly a decade now, Margaret Chardiet has made music under the Pharmakon name. Like all things Pharmakon, Contact is a challenge,… Continue Reading
Aimee Mann – Mental Illness Released March 31st, 2017 The title of Aimee Mann’s latest solo effort, Mental Illness, is not something you mull over or analyze in search of some hidden subtext or meaning. In an interview with Rolling… Continue Reading
British Sea Power – Let The Dancers Inherit The Party Released March 31st, 2017 It’s been four years since British Sea Power’s last release. Tenth album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party is a successful pop-rock album by a band… Continue Reading
Crowfeeder – No Flowers Released March 24th, 2017 Crowfeeder’s new full-length album, No Flowers, features their signature over-driven guitars, breakneck drums, and an assortment of screams and melodic vocals that nearly matches the intensity of their live shows. Derek Paul’s… Continue Reading