The Space Jack Hummer

I’m not entirely sure what drew me to Ben Zimmerman’s The Baltika Years. It may have been the album cover, which was all white with what looked like confetti all over it. Maybe it was the fact that one of my new favorite record labels, Software, was putting it out. Or maybe it was the […]

No Joy : More Faithful

I can’t remember the first time I heard No Joy. I know it was sometime in 2013 when they had just put out their excellent Wait To Pleasure. Something about that album was immediate and in-the-moment so I was compelled to have it. The guitar and vocal interplay between Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd has a […]

Bonsoir

Morality doesn’t exist. Only morale. -Hannibal Lecter Really nothing better than hearing these words when you walk in the door straight off of a day’s work, “Hey. You got a record in the mail.” Man, it’s like Christmas at some random time during the year. There’s a brown cardboard square with something very wonderful inside. […]

Aerosol : Leave

Rasmus Rasmussen, keyboardist for the Danish music titans Causa Sui, likes to put out lush, synth-driven compositions when he’s not melting minds with his psych-rock brethren. Those songs are released under the name Aerosol. These songs are understated, quietly mesmerizing, and as engulfing as a tidal wave of analog circuitry and simple electronic beats. Each […]

Unknown Mortal Orchestra : Multi-Love

Ruban Nielson has some heavy stuff going on in his head. Multi-Love is the result of those heavy things. It’s also a celebration of the power of love and the power of music. It’s an emotional smorgasbord. Happy, sad, melancholy, reminiscent, confused, and overwhelming…sometimes in the same song. A lot has been said about the […]

Shiggajon : Sela

It’s hard to describe what’s going on within the grooves of Shiggajon’s Sela. It’s hard to describe Shiggajon. Okay, not really. Shiggajon is a Danish music collective that makes music you might hear prior to the Rapture happening. Or moments before aliens descend onto this planet. Or possibly what you hear in your head during […]

Metz : II

Metz seem to have found that perfect recipe for brash, explosive anger and have no plans of changing that recipe. Not even slightly. On their follow-up to their 2012 debut album the Canadian trio seemed to be on a mission of destruction and mayhem. That record took the blueprint of bands like Big Black, the […]

Ben Zimmerman’s ‘The Baltika Years’

I just love coming across new and exciting things. Why just yesterday I came across a garlic press that doubles as a watch and defibrillator. And last week I came across a pen with an eraser on the end of it. Can you believe it?? Erasable ink?? We are living in futuristic times, people. We […]

Built To Spill : Untethered Moon

I am a late bloomer when it comes to Built To Spill. I didn’t hear a Built To Spill album till 2008, and that album was Keep It Like A Secret. Hell of an album to be initiated into the BTS fraternity, for sure. When I first heard it I wasn’t sure what I was […]

Lower Dens : Escape From Evil

Escape From Evil feels like a breezy reprieve from the dense, claustrophobic world of Lower Dens’ previous album, the dark masterpiece Nootropics. On that 2012 record, singer/songwriter Jana Hunter wanted to create this world within the grooves. A world not easily found. Only after a few spins did that record’s genius show itself. With Escape […]