Blood That’s Still Pumping: 20 Years of the White Stripes’ ‘White Blood Cells’
Twenty years later, White Blood Cells remains the perfect type of White Stripes album. This is the White Stripes at their absolute best.
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Beck’s ‘Odelay’ Is Still a Potent Stew of Rock, Hip-Hop, Folk, and Soul 25 Years Later
Beck’s Odelay is 25 years old. It remains unique with the mighty combination of Beck and the Dust Brothers resulting in some fascinating music.
Steady, As It Goes: The Raconteurs’ ‘Broken Boy Soldiers’ Turns 15
The Raconteurs’ Broken Boy Soldiers sets itself apart from anything like it, even 15 years later. The band’s debut somehow starts two great stories.
The Fleshtones Get Back in the Garage for ‘Face of the Screaming Werewolf’
Face of the Screaming Werewolf is more fuzz-toned fun from the Fleshtones, a group that have managed to ignore any significant musical trends since Altamont.
Death By Unga Bunga Deliver Deft Hooks, Garage Rock Ecstasy on “Faster Than Light” (premiere)
Death By Unga's "Faster Than Light" is the latest single from new LP, Heavy Male Insecurity, which finds the Norwegian act brandishing their best attitude and melodies
Pom Poko Unleash Another Joyously Unhinged Album with ‘Cheater’
The sophomore release from Norwegian art-punk quartet Pom Poko is full of the same kind of sweet, distorted pleasures that made their first album so much fun.
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The Stooges Kick Against the Pricks All the Way Down Into Their Grave
Cherry Red's new box set finds Iggy Pop and the Stooges on their final death trip, falling apart for audiences between September 1973 and February 1974.
Magick Mountain Are Having a Party But Is the Audience Invited?
Garage rockers Magick Mountain debut with Weird Feelings, an album big on fuzz but light on hooks.
Cut Worms Keeps Mining the Past on ‘Nobody Lives Here Anymore’
Despite its ambitious concept, Cut Worms' Nobody Lives Here Anymore is as much a product of nostalgic consumer culture as the society it criticizes.
Leeds Indie Rockers Eades Proclaim “I Want More”
Leeds' Eades are here to proclaim for those doubters in our midst that guitar rock is not dead with "I Want More", and that there is more to life than a dull day job.
Punk Rock’s MOURN Say “This Feel Is Disgusting” and Rock Out
Barcelona's MOURN release their latest punk rock earworm, "This Feel Is Disgusting", which explores existential anxiety through joyful rocking out.
Datura4 Travel Blues-Rock Roads on ‘West Coast Highway Cosmic’
Australian rockers Datura4 take inspiration from the never-ending coastal landscape of their home country to deliver a well-grounded album between blues, hard rock, and psychedelia.