Volume Dealers | Six Loud Albums To Crank Up Right Now
Some of them are metal. Some of them are punk. Some of them are noise. Some of them are their own thing. Some of them are serious. Some of...
Back in Action | Five New Reissues Worth Checking Out
Everything old is new again. Eventually. Not surprisingly, there are plenty of reissues and anthologies among the 300-plus albums released this week. Here are some of the ones that...
Nana Grizol | South Somewhere Else
"Nana Grizol is a queer rock band from Athens, Georgia." That's the one-sentence bio on the group's Facebook page. And while it may be accurate — not to mention short...
Mong Tong | Mystery 秘神
There's more than one way to take a trip to the Far East. The cheapest — and these days, the safest — is to hit the couch, douse the...
The Manvils | Reaction Arrow
Life, I am frequently reminded, is all about balance. Gotta admit I haven't exactly been able to master that one yet. Maybe I ask the men of The Manvils...
Pottery | Welcome to Bobby’s Motel
I have stayed in more than my share of motels over the decades. And far as I can tell, one roadside inn is pretty much the same as the...
Khruangbin | Mordechai
In the beginning, there was The Groove. And The Groove — in its many exotic, earthy, ethereal and esoteric forms — was good. It was true. It never did...
Second Arrows | Second Arrows
There are metal bands. There are punk bands. There are noise-rock bands. There are thrash bands. There are grindcore bands. There are metalcore bands. There are stoner bands. There...
Raleigh Ritchie | Andy
Grey Worm sings! OK, sings again. Game of Thrones fans who have been paying attention may already know that Raleigh Ritchie is actually the alter-ego of actor Jacob Anderson...
Corb Lund | Agricultural Tragic
You can always count on a cowboy. Well, almost always. Take Corb Lund. For the past couple of decades, the everyman country-rock singer-songwriter and his crew of Hurtin' Albertans...
Nadine Shah | Kitchen Sink
Men really need to shut up and start listening to women. If there's one lesson I've truly tried to learn over the course of my idiotic existence, that's it....
Ray LaMontagne | Monovision
Ray LaMontagne has always been his own man. But on his eighth album Monovision, the singer-songwriter takes the concept to the max — he penned, played and produced every single...
Frank Zappa & The Mothers | The Mothers 1970
Sometimes a little goes a long way. Case in point: Frank Zappa’s 1970 incarnation of The Mothers. The short-lived lineup (and the first to use the abridged band name)...
Haim | Women in Music Pt. III
"I’ve been down," Haim admit midway through Women in Music Pt. III. No shit, Sally. From the opening words of the California sisters' third full-length ("Los Angeles / Give...
Fiona Ross Speaks From The Heart In New Live Video Don’t Say
Fiona Ross shares some hard, unspoken truths about love in her new single and live video for Don't Say — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
“It’s basically about two people who...
