September 26, 2000 / K 9.0 (May 24, 2017) Indie folk has been making a substantial and intriguing comeback in recent years. Once again, musicians are picking up an acoustic guitar or two to add that classic hometown feeling to their music, and putting that woodsy, natural feeling back in music, taking musical elements older … Continue reading The Microphones – It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water →

May 12, 2017 / ANTI- 8.1 (May 19, 2017) The smaller indie bands are the future of the genre. While they might never reach the heights or fame of the legends we know like Built to Spill, Death Cab for Cutie or Arcade Fire, the lower-key, often DIY bands who never amass more than a … Continue reading Girlpool – Powerplant →

May 5, 2017 / Dead Oceans 9.3 (May 14, 2017) These past two years have been ripe with long-awaited comeback albums. My Bloody Valentine, The Avalanches, The New Year, and now Slowdive, some of them building us up for what seems like forever, others coming right out of the open. Slowdive had already been reunited … Continue reading Slowdive – Slowdive →

April 28, 2017 / Undertow 8.6 (May 5, 2017) It's been almost two decades since Bedhead released their magnum opus Transaction de Novo, and to this day it remains at the very top of the pile of unassuming, non-pretentious indie rock. There's no boasting, no bombast or loud sound that the band's trying to make, nothing … Continue reading The New Year – Snow →

April 28, 2017 / Universal 9.1 (May 4, 2017) One of the worst fates that can befall great artists in the music industry is by far only being well-known due to a popular song or two. I'm not talking Radiohead here, I'm talking more along the lines of Grizzly Bear (Two Weeks), M83 (Midnight City), … Continue reading Feist – Pleasure →

April 7, 2017 / House of Mythology 8.3 (April 28, 2017) Back in the 90s, Ulver were as metal as you could possibly get. Starting in 1995 with their debut album Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler they started changing the game with black metal, transforming the genre into their own Nordic-themed, melodic ways, yet without sacrificing any … Continue reading Ulver – The Assassination of Julius Caesar →

April 24, 2012 / Epic 9.4 (April 24, 2017) True story: I've been asked before, "What's the closest you've ever heard to the feeling of anger in the form of music?" In all honesty, my pick for this would probably have to be something in the vein of the chamber works of the great serialist composers … Continue reading Death Grips – The Money Store →

April 21, 2017 / Kompakt 9.0 (April 23, 2017) Kompakt is not only Germany's greatest electronic label, over the course of the past two decades it has consistently proven itself to be one of the single greatest, if not the greatest electronic music label in the world. The number of artists and producers they cater to … Continue reading GAS – Narkopop →

April 14, 2017 / Aftermath 7.8 (April 17, 2017) I'd already heard plenty of stories from older music fans about what it was like back in 1997 when Radiohead released OK Computer, but until 2015 I could only wonder what it must be like to witness the release of an enormously hyped and enormously successful album. … Continue reading Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. →

March 20, 2007 / Paw Tracks 9.3 (April 14, 2017) "Dude."      "What?"      "...Uh... I forgot. Shit, what was I talking about?"      "Bro, I don't fucking remember. That was like thirty seconds ago. Figure it out yourself."      "I know, but it's just... poof. It's gone. This shit causes my … Continue reading Panda Bear – Person Pitch →