Slaughter Beach: Love/Venice
There is so much room for error in the genre that often sees bands walking a thin line between synth wizard and white noise. Slaughter Beach defies that line.
Music Reviews
Cristobal and the Sea: Sugar Now
Sugar Now does what a lot of albums can't as it exists as a patchwork of many visible influences while still succeeding in getting lost in itself.
Avaberee: In Your Arms I Found My Secrets
Australian girl group, Avaberee, has an evolving, natural flow with its harmony-focused sound and heartfelt lyrics.
Useless Eaters: Live in San Francisco
The new live album from Useless Eaters, Live In San Francisco, is here.
Freddie Gibbs: Shadow Of A Doubt
Gary, Indiana emcee Freddie Gibbs brings us his newest LP a year after his critically-acclaimed album with Madlib entitled Piñata.
Ty Segall: Ty Rex
eHarmony would be drooling over this: T. Rex and Tyrannosaurus tweaked to Ty Segall's liking.
Jeff Jenkins Organization: The Arrival
The Arrival makes a statement as the debut album from organ jazz trio Jeff Jenkins Organization.
Helvetia: Dromomania
Helvetia is difficult to pinpoint or pigeonhole, but when they come together, the results are oddly entrancing.
Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express: Junun
Flourishes of contemporary rock or electronic familiarity throughout Junun are only flashes in a pan of rich cultural composition and heritage.
Tom Collier: Across The Bridge
Tom Collier, with an all star lineup composed of Larry Coryell, Bill Frisell, Dan Dean, John Bishop, and Ted Poor, displays mastery on vibes.
Barrel Maker & LION: Continuity
Continuity is the newly released joint EP effort by Kansas City natives Barrel Maker and LION featuring new-age production and feel.
GIVERS: New Kingdom
GIVERS successfully gives a lot, but I would've been happy with even less.
Aquila Young: Distance Echoes
Aquila Young is an up and coming alternative artist whose work and lifestyle both contain an intriguing air of mystery.
Made of Oak: Penumbra
A small taste of the ethereal, glitchy side of Sylvan Esso producer Nick Sanborn.
Manuel Valera & Groove Square: Urban Landscape
Manuel Valera's first album with Groove Square offers a funky, upbeat take on today's jazz.
Yonatan Gat: Director
Psych rock + world influenced percussion + garage punk + lyrics in 3 different languages + jazz + surf riffs = face happily melted.
Oneohtrix Point Never: Garden of Delete
From the very first “Intro” track, Lopatin makes it clear that the disquieting plasticity of R+7 will be present in only trace amounts on this album.
Lushes: Service Industry
Brookyln duo, Lushes, is out with its second album Service Industry.
Rare Monk: Rare Monk
Remember that Death Cab for Cutie phase that we all faced during our adolescent years? This Rare Monk EP will bring back those feels again.
The Japanese House: Clean
Mysterious in how fresh it is, Clean shows promise even though there are a few kinks to be worked out.
Big Grams: Big Grams
Phantogram teams up with Outkast's Big Boi for a collaboration that continues to break genre stereotypes.
Car Seat Headrest: Teens of Style
This band feels like a mixed episode, both manic and depressed all at once.
Lilly Wolf: Deleted Scenes
Upbeat, electronic pop from Brooklyn. They've had songs featured on Bad Girls Club, so that makes them cool in my book.
Ryan Hemsworth & Lucas: Taking Flight
Textured layers of free flowing vocals combined with the fissure of sputtered synths drift throughout the unique sound of Lucas and Hemsworth.