ILS | Curse
First off, ILS' name apparently pronounced ills. As in sicknesses. Some might see that as fairly fitting, given the ferociously unhinged and maniacally aggressive approach these Portland goons take...
Dedicated Men of Zion | Can’t Turn Me Around
You can gaze upward and get down at the same time. At least these guys can. The North Carolina gospel quartet serve up all the heavenly harmonies, reverent melodies...
All Hits | Men And Their Work
"I’m gonna need you to fuck off." These Portland noisemakers don't mince words on their debut album. Nor are they just shooting off their mouths. Over the course of...
Banding Together | 3 New EPs To Score From Bandcamp Today
If you didn't already know, Bandcamp is waiving its fees again today, putting more money directly in the pockets of artists — or the charities they're choosing to support....
Banding Together | 7 Live Albums to Score From Bandcamp Today
If you didn't already know, Bandcamp is waiving its fees again today, putting more money directly into the pockets of artists — or the charities they're choosing to support....
Country Westerns | Country Westerns
If you like your roots-rock with plenty of distortion-pedal grit, more than a dash of post-punk intensity, the ramshackle looseness of ’80s indie-rock — and a poetic frontman who...
Dee Dee Ramone | Deadline Demos
Poor Dee Dee. He always seemed to get the short end of the stick. In The Ramones, despite penning classics like Rockaway Beach, Chinese Rocks, Too Tough To Die...
Sault | Untitled (Black Is)
The anonymous Afro-futurist collective Sault (which may or may not co-star London producer Inflo and American vocalist Kid Sister) first grabbed the music world's attention little more than a...
Dream Wife | So When You Gonna…
Plenty of bands are easy to pigeonhole. Thankfully, Dream Wife aren't one of them. On this sophomore album, the London trio crank out some noisy post-punk nuggets to let...
The Dexateens | Live from Athens, GA: Heathens Homecoming 2020
OK, maybe you can't go home again. So what? You can still grab your guitar, head down to the bar and play one more awesome show with your old...
Keleketla! | Keleketla!
Music brings people together. But few Afrobeat albums have brought together a cast like this. Along with legends and former Fela Kuti sidekicks like the late, great drummer Tony...
Boris | NO
Good old Boris. The long-running, ultra-prolific Japanese noisemakers are firing on all cylinders on the contrary-soiunding NO, their 27th studio album (and third release in less than a year)....
David Bowie | Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
By now, you'd think that every David Bowie tour had been preserved, documented, refurbished and represented by an officially released album and/or video. Amazingly not. Hence the arrival of...
Willie Nelson | First Rose of Spring
You're never too old for love. Just look at Willie Nelson. He recently turned 87. But his 70th solo studio album First Rose of Spring very definitely finds the...
The Grateful Dead | Workingman’s Dead: The Angel’s Share
The Dead did not live by jamming alone. Beneath all that freewheeling drug-fuelled improvisation, there was a sold foundation of hard work and focus. The latter is what you'll...
