The Beatles : White Album Super Deluxe Edition(2018 Mix)

When I think of The White Album two songs stick out: “Back In The USSR” and “Piggies”. Yes, there’s far more relevant tracks, but these two have very specific meaning for me. “Back In The USSR” was my favorite Beatles song as a little kid and I’d always ask my mom to put it on […]

…And Justice For All : 30 Years On

…And Justice For All was both Metallica’s shining achievement and also the straw that broke the band’s back. It was their most intricate, complicated, and progressive album of music, but also their most stunted collection of tunes. If the record had a face, it would be frozen in a perpetual scowl, seething at everyone else’s […]

Isvisible Isinvisible : Ghosts of New Mills

One of the great surprises of 2018 for me has been the discovery of Isvisible Isinvisible. The analog synthesizer project of Simon Pott came into my view back in the spring with the Burning Witches Records release of his self-titled cassette. A double album’s worth of beautifully eerie modular synth soundscapes that felt like a […]

Ghost of a Dog

Out of the blue yesterday I thought about a dog named Helmut. This wasn’t some random dog name, or some random dog. Helmut was our dog from 1999 to 2009. We’d brought Helmut into our home in August of 1999, two years after my wife and I gotten our very first dog Dieter. Dieter was […]

Earthless : From The West

As far as modern power trios go, there really is none more powerful than Earthless. With their epic improvisational pieces, album side-length tracks, and their seemingly endless jamming skills, this California trio put the “power” in power trio. Earthless consists of Isaiah Mitchell(guitar, vocals), Mike Eginton(bass), and Mario Rubalcaba(drums), and they’ve been blurring the line […]

Thomas Ragsdale : Honley Civic Archives Volume 1

Thomas Ragsdale makes subtle and elusive music that appears like audio mirages. You listen to what is unfolding right in front of you and you’re entranced in the hazy atmospherics. But once a piece ends it seems to dissipate right in front of you, like a specter. You question yourself as to whether those melancholy […]

This Will Destroy You : New Others Part Two

I can’t say that this album is a surprise to me. I mean, This Will Destroy You dropped a new record back in September called New Others Part One. One would assume that that would mean Part Two would be coming as well. A month later and New Others Part Two did indeed drop from […]

Maine “Theme”

So are you feeling the post-Halloween bloat? I am. Don’t get me wrong, I love Halloween. It’s that one time of the year that even adults can look like complete idiots by dressing as Shrek, Elvis, or a giant hot dog at work and not get fired, or admitted into a mental institution. But with […]

Thom Yorke : Suspiria(Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film)

Was it necessary for someone to remake Dario Argento’s masterpiece Suspiria? Of course not. Certain movies were made of their time and don’t need tinkered with. They’re a product of the space they were created in; from social discourse to the political climate to just how the horror was interpreted, it’s all very time sensitive. […]

Grivo : Elude

Austin band Grivo work in musically darker, methodical corners. Tempos are a slow dirge and melodies are jagged melancholy mixed with an emotional turmoil being an adult in these times brings. Guitars chime and reverberate as bass and drums rumble along, while the vocals feel almost whispered in the mix. Guitarist/singer Timothy Heck is our […]