Profoundly experimental and saturated in proximate context, Zabus’s ‘Automatic Writhing’ breaks open the ears and heads of listeners.
Authenticity and respect for tradition make ‘Birna’ a guaranteed hit with an audience that ranges from leftovers from Wardruna’s ‘metal’ days right through to cultural afficionados.
On their fourth album ‘Soulsex,’ Souls Extolled channels a delicious, maximalist energy that’s at once sharper and more direct.
Old-school death metal savagery awaits on ‘Within The Viscera’ from the new-school Danish ragers Neckbreakker, out now on Nuclear Blast Records.
The fourth-generation K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT) marked their comeback on November 4th with their 7th mini album, ‘The Star Chapter: Sanctuary.’
On ‘Smokey Mountain High,’ Mike McKenna Jr. delivers a wholly captivating set of songs, searching for meaning among memories.
There’s a yummy laissez-faire attitude about Polaroid Fade, a policy that allows their music to attain an alluring, effortless mood.
‘Music for Dinosaurs’ is a five-star album that really deserves to be heard by a wide audience. My only criticism is that it ends too soon.
At the same time, loud and quiet, on ‘Landfill Indie’ (Mint 400 Records) Underlined Passages indulges a variety of impulses with effortless aplomb.
East Coast-based alternative rock trio Raised On Candy releases their self-titled debut album, recorded and engineered by the legendary Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago....
Suffused with big mood swings and whispery enchantment, ‘Phil Lentz Presents… Vol. II’ evokes a wide range of expressive emotions.
Gently lavish and sumptuous, Sylvie Kreusch’s ‘Comic Trip’ displays her stylistic range, resulting in a confident, alluring album.
Skateland’s ‘Joyce Howell, How are You?’ is a slice of indie-pop heaven enriched with scrumptious, soft-serve textures of dream-pop.
In a world where most music fits into a template, the cabaret pop of Rembert & the Basic Goodness comes close to being revolutionary.
Saturated in the bratty, rebellious sensations evoked by punk music, Mild Chaos Records’ ‘Touch of Chaos Vol. 1’ is loud, angry and anything but banal.
