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Dinosaur Jr – There Near | The Curse of Consistency
I first heard Dinosaur Jr the way a lot of people my age did: “Feel the Pain” on...
Rock & Roll
Russian Circles – Nine | The Pursuit of Long-Term Artistry
Long-running artists tend to follow two trajectories: crash-out or cliché. With the former, you can almost give them...
Failure – Location Lost | The Tapestry of Legacy and Mortality
There’s always a not-so-quiet expectation with legacy artists. It’s this unfair demand to perpetually inhabit the space of...
Friko – Something Worth Waiting For | The Joys of Artistically Mature Rock
I thought about starting this review with a bit about the death of rock in aggregate, but that...
Before The World Caves In – An Interview with Good Riddance Lead Singer, Russ Rankin
Good Riddance originally came to be in 1990. Formed in 1990 in Santa Cruz, CA, Good Riddance is...
Sunn O))) – Self-Titled | Transcendent Environmental Texture
Emerging from the fuzz and fog, Sunn O))) have returned with their tenth studio album. This release marks...
Neurosis – An Undying Love for a Burning World | A Seismic Rebirth
I could spend a thousand words debating “art vs. artist” here. We’ve had far too many times to...
Imaad Wasif – Superconsciousness | Lighting the Way with Ashes
There’s a specific kind of silence that follows a fire. Heavier than it is peaceful, it’s the sound...
Worm – Necropalace | Black Metal in Technicolor
Florida’s Worm has spent years refining a very specific kind of atmospheric rot. On earlier milestones like Foreverglade,...
Lucid Express | Instant Comfort – Shoegaze Refined
Less than six years after their critically acclaimed debut, Hong Kong’s Lucid Express return with Instant Comfort, a...