Music Reviews
Right Now, It’s Like This - Eliza Spear
It’s one of a reviewer’s most wonderful serendipities to be able to love the art and the artist at once. That’s why it’s such a pleasure to write about my dear friend Eliza Spear…
7 Songs to Lighten the Mood
Listen, shit is fucked up. I’ll spare you all the obligatory “unprecedented times” jargon, but I think it’s safe to assume that we all could use a pick-me-up. Over the past year…
A Dawn to Fear - Cult of Luna
When a band achieves a masterwork, it means they’ve succeeded at creating a piece of art that extends beyond themselves. It breaches the boundaries…
I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES - Backxwash
When Ashanti Mutinta released God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It, she shook the world of industrial…
Fortitude - Gojira
Gojira has always stood out among the cohort of modern progressive death metal bands – for their creative riffs and unique musical aesthetics, yes, but also for their distinctive…
Origin of the Alimonies - Liturgy
Dark ambient orchestral black metal opera. No one’s saying it’s easy to get into. But if you can breach the barriers that this esoteric genre…
Off the Record: Mastodon
For two decades now, Atlanta-based sludge stalwarts Mastodon have stampeded the world of heavy music, consistently providing some of the most eclectic and inventive metal…
Bi Awareness Week: Billie Joe Armstrong
Over the years, punk rock music has come to be known for several different things. Political outspokenness, aggressive…
Land of the Bottom Line - John Gorka
Some artists tug at our heartstrings because they lay bare their personal sorrow for the world to grieve alongside them. Some write…
RTJ4 - Run the Jewels
In 2013, two rappers with nothing in common but their unabashed commitment to social activism and their veteran status in the hip-hop underground wrote and produced…
SAWAYAMA - Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama – this is a name which first entered the purview of music fans with her eponymous debut EP, RINA. With the release of…
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