Julian Casablancas+The Voidz :: Tyranny

So what happened to Julian Casablancas, or has he always been really weird? I guess there’s always been an element of weirdness to the guy, even back when he was the king of New York cool. That weirdness still felt slick and tough, that is until 2006 with The Strokes’ First Impressions of Earth. While […]

Whirr :: Sway

Whirr’s Sway doesn’t deviate from what they started on last year’s Around EP. That album replaced their debut’s more upbeat punk aesthetic, and gave us instead a curtain of dark melancholy. Slow, gray swaths of gothic dream pop and almost antagonistic, visceral shoegaze. Those songs were as brooding and heavy as anything you’d find on […]

Tweedy :: Sukierae

Isn’t it every dad’s dream to someday play in a band with his son? I know I often think about how cool it would be to have my son playing drums to some little ditty I wrote over a cup of coffee at the kitchen table. And it wouldn’t have to be my son. One […]

Cymbals Eat Guitars : Lose

Cymbals Eat Guitars have intrigued me since the first time I heard their epic “…And The Hazy Sea” way back in 2009. A mix of shoegaze-y guitar noise and early 90s indie rock aesthetic that showed they weren’t afraid to wear their influences on their sleeves while still sounding decidedly unique. While their debut Why […]

Sinoia Caves : Beyond The Black Rainbow Soundtrack

I love whims. They seem to reciprocate some of the best finds. On a whim, I picked up Breakfast of Champions at 15 years old and discovered one of the greatest writers in my time or any other time. On a whim I went on a blind date when I was 17 and found the […]

Blonde Redhead : Barragán

Ever since I first listened to Blonde Redhead nearly seven years ago there seems to be a dedicated group of hardcore fans that’s equally matched with ardent naysayers that compare this New York trio with a plethora of classic “artsy” bands and musicians of yesteryear. I don’t hear it, to be honest. I don’t think […]

Ty Segall :: Manipulator

I have to be completely honest here, okay? I’ve never been much of a fan of this guy called Ty Segall. Yeah, I know this is a shocking revelation to the world at large, but I felt I needed to get that out in the open before I went any further with this review. I […]

Electric Würms :: Musik, Die Schwer zu Twerk

I think if the Flaming Lips had a motto or mission statement, then it would simply be this: “Why? Why not?” On any given day you can read about something new Coyne and company are dipping their acid-soaked hands into; whether it’s music for themselves, collaborations, or a comic book venture. Since 2011 I’ve pretty […]

Monday Morning With Munk

No, I spelled it right. Not Monk, but Munk. Jonas Munk that is. He’s just another stellar musician/songwriter/arranger in the El Paraiso canon. Well, he’s also one of the founders of El Paraiso Records as well as being on the roster. His main gig currently is guitar wizard in Causa Sui, but before that he […]

Bear In Heaven :: Time Is Over One Day Old

Bear In Heaven make music that create both icy, blue moments of detachment and bright, technicolor sheets of emotion. Their debut album, Red Bloom of the Boom, was this collection of odd, industrial-esque dirges bordering on experimentation. They hinted at what was ahead. 2009s masterpiece Best Rest Forth Mouth kept some that darkness and translated […]