Waveless Dream Up Their Escape on “Second Lot” (premiere)
Minneapolis noise-gaze trio Waveless seethes and soothes with discord and distance on their new album, As One More Folded Paper Crane.
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Father Murphy Call It Quits Via a Requiem in ‘Rising’
The Italian cult duo's final album is part rock record and part religious ceremony, built on natural texture and stark mysticism.
Preoccupations Show Their Human Side on ‘New Material’
Post-punk revivalists Preoccupations are as good as ever, but their third album smooths down their rougher edges and turns their nervy gaze inward.
Palm – “Dog Milk” (Singles Going Steady)
Here we are, in 2018, and we finally have a band that sounds like the lo-fi budget version of looping math-rockers Battles.
A Place to Bury Strangers – “Never Coming Back” (Singles Going Steady)
A Place to Bury Strangers buzzes and growls through "Never Coming Back" with no regard for noise ordinances, and it is, as is so often the case, a love-it-or-hate-it kind of situation.
Lou Reed Gets the Gritty ’70s-era New York Treatment in ‘A Life’
Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis has written an arresting, confrontational, and oftentimes beautiful biography of the notoriously cagy musician.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Takes on Death and Loss on ‘Wrong Creatures’
Evocations of death and loss dominate the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and their progressive approach incorporating rock music's history across their career into new album Wrong Creatures.
The Residents Celebrate the Death of Pop with ‘Third Reich ‘n Roll’
An avant-garde classic or a sneering joke? Third Reich 'n Roll may be over 40 years old, but it still sounds like it's been beamed down from the future.
Break It Down and Put It Back Together with Melkbelly
Melkbelly splices insanely supercharged punk energy with noise-band drums and super catchy pop melodies. It's a bewildering, intoxicating sound which has caught the attention of underground Chicago audiences. We ask singer Miranda Winters how it works.
Dinosaur Jr. Brings a Classic Grunge Vibe to San Francisco
Dinosaur Jr. delivers a classic Gen-X sound that resonates through the ages, and there are few other artists in modern music that can rival this kind of alt-rock power.
Chelsea Wolfe: Hiss Spun
Wolfe's fifth studio album continues to aggressively pursue metal and industrial music, making for an enrapturing listen all the way through.
NØMADS – “Autophøbia” (video) (premiere)
If the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, what happens when we're all alone with our fears, forever?