15 Years of Mogwai’s ‘The Hawk Is Howling’
The Hawk Is Howling is full of signature moments when Mogwai explore complex combinations of moods from bright to dark, soft to heavy, and sensual to horrific.
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Grandaddy Overlay the Past on ‘Sumday: Excess Baggage’
Grandaddy’s Sumday: Excess Baggage is worthwhile for its temporality, arriving two decades removed from Sumday and being all the more affecting as a result.
Psych Power Trio Dommengang’s ‘Wished Eye’ Dominates Fate
The ooze Dommengang draw from in Wished Eye is a loose, unspun wool that’s part metallic, fuzz addiction, visionary production, power trio power, and all rock.
Air’s JB Dunckel and the Melancholy Vibrations of Carbon
JB Dunckel, half of the electronic duo Air, battles self-doubt and scientific equations to craft a new electro record that is as evocative as it is immediate.
Far-Out Reptilian Government Are Groovy, Very Weird and Unlike Anything You’ve Heard This Year
The Reptilian Government possess a rhythmic 1970s funk sensibility more suited to Kool and the Gang than EDM – if Kool featured intricate solos and curated prog-rock aspirations.
beabadoobee’s Ascent from Indie Starlet to Pop Queen on ‘Beatopia’ Is Hot and Cold
On Beatopia, beabadoobee seems to be running from the adolescence that gave us 2017’s “Coffee” while simultaneously drawing inspiration from it.
Cave In’s ‘Heavy Pendulum’ is Fellowship Manifested
Heavy Pendulum feels like a naturally collaborative album between Cave In and Converge. It’s a deeply compelling batch of heavy rock songs.
Spiritualized Harness Their Sonic Power on ‘Everything Was Beautiful’
Spiritualized harness their power on Everything Was Beautiful. Filling the album to the brim with instruments, they find new space in old sounds.
The Orielles Remix A Certain Ratio’s “Yo Yo Gi” (premiere)
Space rockers the Orielles remix A Certain Ratio’s funky dancefloor banger “Yo Yo Gi” and turn it into a footwork/2 step garage track called “Yo Yo Gimix”.
Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny on Guitar Solos and Cosmic Journeys
Ben Chasny’s latest Six Organs of Admittance release is the project’s most cosmic (and guitar-shredding) journey yet.
PM Picks: The Best New Songs – 16 June 2021
The PM Picks playlist features the best new songs. Today, we feature Ida Mae, Diamond Thug, School of X, Tamaraebi, and Psylla.
Mogwai Perform Premiere of New Album ‘As the Love Continues’
Mogwai can still make blood boil, but only when the love stops and the slaughter of the innocents begins.