François J. Bonnet & Stephen O'Malley Cylene

Published Sep 12, 2019

Given that Cylene is in part the creation of doom metal pioneer Stephen O'Malley, it comes as a surprise that this project doesn't bear the...

Adam Green Engine of Paradise

Published Sep 03, 2019

Engine of Paradise re-treads old ground for the Mouldy Peaches alumnus Adam Green. Not only does this album maintain the baroque pop style t...

Ride This Is Not a Safe Place

Published Aug 15, 2019

With the re-emergence of interest in shoegaze in recent years, it comes as no surprise that one of the genre's cornerstone bands, Ride, cont...

Kirin J. Callinan Return to Center

Published Jun 18, 2019

Kirin J. Callinan's output usually oscillates between irony and sincerity with vulgar glee. The Australian singer-songwriter and provocateur...

Morrissey California Son

Published May 21, 2019

"We will descend on anyone unable to defend themselves," sang Morrissey on his 1991 masterpiece "We'll Let You Know," recently brought back...

Kyle Bobby Dunn From Here to Eternity

Published May 02, 2019

His first album in five years, From Here to Eternity sees Canada's Kyle Bobby Dunn explore vast vistas of emotion across an expansive 18 tra...

Damien Jurado In the Shape of a Storm

Published Apr 10, 2019

Written in 1998, the opening track to Damien Jurado's latest album, "Lincoln," ends with a refrain emblematic of the entire project: "There...

American Football American Football (LP 3)

Published Mar 20, 2019

American Football are a product of their time and place. Their debut self-titled LP cemented the short-lived band's reputation amongst emo a...

William Basinski On Time Out of Time

Published Mar 06, 2019

William Basinski's work is rooted in the ephemerality of physical entities. Whether it's the decaying tapes of organic brass found on The Di...

Good Fuck Good Fuck

Published Feb 20, 2019

As culture becomes oversaturated with '80s throwback sounds, Tim Kinsella and Jenny Pulse imbue their adjacent style with a fresh sense of i...

Sleaford Mods Eton Alive

Published Feb 19, 2019

The target of Sleaford Mods' disdain becomes clear as soon as vocalist Jason Williamson proclaims, "Graham Coxon looks like a left-wing Bori...

Jozef Van Wissem and Jim Jarmusch An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil

Published Feb 06, 2019

Jozef Van Wissem's latest collaboration with acclaimed indie film director Jim Jarmusch elegantly balances the archaic with contemporary pos...

AFI The Missing Man

Published Dec 07, 2018

It's hard to be angry at AFI for their latest EP, The Missing Man. As perfunctory as most of the decisions are across these five tracks, a s...

Neil Hamburger Still Dwelling

Published Nov 13, 2018

Still Dwelling is the musical equivalent of sitting in a karaoke bar watching a drunk man howl into the microphone with utter disdain and ve...

Tamino Amir

Published Oct 17, 2018

Tamino's debut EP, Habibi, sparked some attention earlier this year; at just 21, the Belgian-Egyptian artist displayed considerable ambition...