Rock

When talking about Teutonic (German) Thrash Legend Pioneers it's essential to speak of ACCU?ER with the same hushed reverence as SODOM, KREATOR, and DESTRUCTION. ACCU?ER is a thrash metal band from Kreuztal, Germany that formed in the early 80's flying...

When asked to describe the circumstances that influenced her beautifully fraught new work, Berlin-based musician Annika Henderson - better known simply as Anika - quickly articulates a set of feelings and unpredictable circumstances that are familiar to...

When Anna Burch introduced herself on her 2018 debut Quit The Curse, it was with a concentrated wash of energetic, serotonin-boosting pop. Two years later, Burch's follow up If You're Dreaming takes us down a different path than it's predecessor,...

What Kind of Blue Are You?, Winter's sophomore release with Bar/None Records, is an emotional excavation of Samira Winter's purest self. It's another stunning work in a canon that's established her as one of Los Angeles' most enduring,...

What began as a solo project in 2013 for singer/songwriter Will Rutledge developed into Pupppy, the Purchase, NY quarted lead by Rutledge (vocals, guitar), joined by Sam Skinner on guitar, Victor Massari on drums, and Nick Hasko on bass.1. Beans 2. Rodeo...

We went in search of ourselves as the band that we have somehow always been. Just for the fun of it we jammed and learned some old songs. Before long we started the mysterious process of building new songs. A beautiful bit of chemistry meddling that had...

We don't typically look to pop albums to answer our cultural moment, let alone to meet the soul hunger left in the wake of global catastrophe. But occasionally, an artist proves the form more malleable and capacious than we knew. WithßLaurel Hell, Mitski...

Watain crawled out of Satan's c*t in 1998 and has since then ascended and grown into one of the world's most well-known and notorious Black Metal bands. Their legacy is often referred to with fear, love, confusion, or awe, but seldom with indifference...

Wall Drugs is a Seattle-based band made up of five veterans of the city's alternative scene. Recorded and mixed by Rahul Mathew, and mastered by Jack Endino, Here Hella Early captures the depth and dynamism of Wall Drugs' late-night rock while...

Visionary guitarist Marnie Stern bursts in like a shower of stardust on The Comeback Kid. "This record is about reassuring yourself that happiness is not about what kind of things you have or how many things you have or what you don't have-it's about all...

Video Age make breezy and timeless songs that are so ineffable, they can only be the result of a decades-long friendship and songwriting partnership. Across four albums, Ross Farbe and Ray Micarelli have gleefully worn their influences on their sleeve,...

Unwound's paranoid and pulsating sixth album, Challenge For a Civilized Society explores the pre-Y2K technological dread of modern punk living. Producer Steve Fisk threads Justin Trosper's stabbing, discordant guitar in and around Sara Lund's...