Haunted Horses’ ‘Dweller’ Is an Intriguing Heavy Album
Haunted Horses get further under your skin, infecting and infesting you with their bleary, spectral plague of madness and maybe a slight spark of hope.
Music Reviews
Flora Hibberd’s ‘Swirl’ Is a Stunning Debut
Flora Hibberd displays grace, timelessness, an accurate ear for classic songcraft, and production touches that wrap Swirl in a glorious bow.
Illiterate Light Lack Authenticity on ‘Arches’
Illiterate Light would be wise to ignore certain impulses concerned with image in favor of what might naturally set them apart.
Pillar of Light Search for Answers in the Darkness
Detroit veterans Pillar of Light weave together metal, doom, post-rock, hardcore, and darkness and light on their impressive debut, Caldera.
Samantha Fish Fires Up the Fillmore on a Magical Night
Samantha Fish and her quartet pour gasoline on the sonic campfire with an electrifying sound that mixes more rock into the blues power stew.
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp Create Eclectic Art Pop
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp are a cohesive collective in which each participant is passionate about the music they make.
Death Sneeze Embrace Avant-Garde Punk and Much More
Death Sneeze’s debut album is noisy, multifaceted, boundless, and cacophonous but contains a million unique moments ripe for discovery.
Ethel Cain’s ‘Perverts’ Is Extremely Terrifying and Haunting
The experience of Ethel Cain’s Perverts is gloomy, powerful, and extremely terrifying. It’s practically a masterclass on how to score for a horror film.
Sun Ra’s Astonishing 1970s Gig Finds Him in Full Flight
The relentless determination in the face of indifference and poverty makes celebratory gigs like this one from Sun Ra hard-won and vital now.
Will Mason Quartet’s Glorious Celebration of Microtonal Chamber Jazz
Drummer and composer Will Mason used modernist paintings, poetry, and compositions as chief influences on this hypnotic new album.
Lilly Hiatt Celebrates Joy with “Kwik-E-Mart” (Premiere)
The newest single from her forthcoming album, Forever, finds Lilly Hiatt romanticizing gas station snacks and walking around in the cold.
The Weather Station Discover Our ‘Humanhood’ in Shared Descent
Humanhood finds the Weather Station going deep to find whatever heaven may exist on the surface above. There is an identifiable signature to the music.