Rock

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,...

When an artist sets out to build a universe it is often overwhelming and is lost in translation as they try to captivate their fans with lush visuals and concept around the music. The challenges that come with the concept are juxtaposed with the...

When Acid King pressed up their self-titled debut EP on a tape and started handing them out at shows with business cards, it wasn't an aesthetic choice. It was 1993. And while the world was still reeling in the aftermath of grunge breaking big on rock...

When a synth master like Steve Moore joins forces with the legendary KPM, magic must materialize. And so it does with Analog Sensitivity: cinematic, enigmatic synthscapes to both haunt and heal. New York-based multi-instrumentalist/producer/film composer...

When a German band makes Irish music and calls their record "Green Blood", it makes you think if something went wrong in the thought process. But "The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats" are by no means a goose who thinks it's a fox. They are much more fox and...

When a band's debut album is both impressive and hugely successful, it's not often that their sophomore effort makes it seem almost average in comparison. But in the Pit of the Stomach. We Were Promised Jetpacks' grand, accomplished follow-up to 2009's...

When a band explains to their designer the deeper meaning behind a song, hoping that they can translate that into a physical product, you never really know what to expect. Wonderful designs and amazing ideas transpire, and when your designer is also...

What's this? Today's holiday gift? One final transmission from the core of the planet! Cresting slabs of concrete and powdered bone, rich soil-improvisation freak flag flitters atop a gutted highrise: Gong Splat. Featuring Ryan Sawyer on drums, Greg...

What's the sound of Story of the Year? Loud guitars, massive singalong choruses, and uplifting perseverance. Few records helped build the post-hardcore scene as swiftly as the band's debut, Page Avenue, one of the first of it's kind to sell a million...

What's the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions Thee Oh Sees? Probably their riot-sparking live show, right? Visions of a guitar-chewing, speaker-smothering, tongue-wagging John Dwyer careening across your cranium, chased by a wild-eyed...

What's perhaps most initially surprising though about Buckaroo is not the band's sophisticated musical chops, but that the median age of it's five members just cracks 20 years. Precocious lead singer Augusta Dayton wrote "Attention" in high school after...