Rock

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. It is easy to forget (especially amidst the ringing of ears and aching of muscles after a typical Oh Sees show) that initially, OCS was a rather hushed affair. After the minimalistic brutality of Coachwhips, the band was...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. It has now been two years since Nordvis released Grift's outstanding debut album, Syner. Since then, the bands mastermind Erik G?rdefors has released a split with Drudkh, and a cassette of acoustic songs recorded live in...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. It doubtlessly takes a lot of mental strength to stay on your chosen path, despite all the imponderables that the music industry entails. Transport League from Sweden are a prime example of determination and perseverance...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. In the vapor trail of "How Does It Make You Feel," the first track on this self-titled full length, one can smell the burnt ozone of a seventies-full-orchestra-nebula-pop-odyssey, the flakes floating down and landing like...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. In late 2014, Planning for Burial's Thom Wasluck left the red house in New Jersey he'd called home for the last decade to return to his childhood bedroom in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Back in the house where he grew...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. In 2015, MorganEve Swain was telling a reporter about her new identity she had recently accepted as her own: a widow. Two years later, she has channeled her lingering disbelief and recurring bouts of grief and redemption...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. In 1989 the Swedish band Stillborn released an album called Necrospirituals. Today it's seen as a cult classic and probably the first gothic metal album ever made. In fact, the term gothic metal was not even invented at...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. High Plains is the duo of Scott Morgan and Mark Bridges. Morgan, based in the Canadian Pacific Northwest, is predominantly known for his drifting, textured soundscapes released under the pseudonym Loscil. Bridges is an...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. Hideout is Manhattan-based songwriter Gabriel Rodriguez, who's also a longtime band member of Cults. It's been two years since the release of Hideout's debut album Rookie, and in that time many things have changed for...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. Her version of Beyonce's "Halo," from 2013's The Bluebird of Happiness, captivated the world. It garnered international attention when HBO series The Young Pope used it in a pivotal scene. Now Lotte Kestner returns with...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. Gumboot Soup is the thirteenth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The album is the final of five albums released by the band in 2017. The artwork was designed by longtime...

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. Founded in Seattle, Washington, by vocalist and songwriter John Maiello in 2013, Dead Bars had a very specific plan: play one show, record a demo, and tour only Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. After four years of playing...