Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights – 10th Anniversary Edition
Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights – 10th Anniversary Edition (Matador) It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since Interpol’s debut, Turn on the Bright Lights, hit the scene. The album practically More...
Scott Walker: Bish Bosch
Scott Walker Bish Bosch (4AD) It has become increasingly hard to define the music of Scott Walker. The legendary and enigmatic former 60′s pop star with a golden voice has made notoriously difficult music More...
Melody’s Echo Chamber: Melody’s Echo Camber
Melody’s Echo Chamber Melody’s Echo Chamber (Fat Possum Records) I hate clichéd perceptions. Simply reading promo material for Melody’s Echo Chamber before hearing a single note, I could already More...
Bat For Lashes: The Haunted Man
Bat For Lashes The Haunted Man (The Echo Label) Bat For Lashes’ latest album, The Haunted Man, is a noticeable step forward. As one of the few indie songwriters today that can cobble together multiple influences More...
The Raveonettes: Observator
The Raveonettes Observator (Vice Records) The Raveonettes have been doing their thing – dark, noisy rock ‘n roll with pretty boy-girl harmonies – for nearly 10 years now. Long before going retro was a widespread More...
Muse: The 2nd Law
Muse The 2nd Law (Warner Bros.) Muse has been one of the last bastions of large-scale, mountain-leveling arena rock for the past few years, which is why the band’s continuing downward spiral is all the more More...
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Beak> >> (Invada) I would hesitate to say that krautrock has had a proper resurgence, but in recent years its motorik rhythms have popped up everywhere from Deerhunter to The Horrors. Often times it’s used in More...
Dead Can Dance: Anastasis
Dead Can Dance Anastasis ([PIAS] America) Dead Can Dance are one of a handful of bands from the darker side of early 80’s post punk to fully embody the sound of the then-emergent 4AD record label. The duo of More...
Smashing Pumpkins: Pisces Iscariot [Reissue]
Smashing Pumpkins Pisces Iscariot (Virgin Records) Sigh. Once upon a time, Billy Corgan was seemingly incapable of writing a bad song. And so it was that even the Smashing Pumpkins’ collection of b-sides and More...
Current 93: And When Rome Falls
Current 93 And When Rome Falls (Coptic Cat) Even at its best, David Tibet’s voice is an acquired taste. There are plenty of times over the course of Current 93′s vast catalog when lead vocals could easily More...
