This Will Destroy You :: Another Language

It’s hard to describe the overwhelming joy that emanates from the speakers as opening track “New Topia” -off of This Will Destroy You’s newest album Another Language– plays. It’s both extraterrestrial and of this earth at the same time. Pure light extracted from the beginning of existence. This Will Destroy You have toiled in this […]

Oneohtrix Point Never : Songs Darkly Lit

You know the old saying, “If you look long enough, you’re bound to find what you’re looking for”? Well that’s not really an old saying. In fact I just made it up right here. It’s that sayings debut. Take it. Let it loose out into the world and tell everyone you saw it here first. […]

This Will Destroy You Destroyed Me

I’ve pretty much been immersed in the world of Texas band This Will Destroy You all week. It’s a harrowing and quite beautiful world to be in. Last week my friend John, who runs Karma Records of Warsaw(my hometown vinyl haunt), had nonchalantly brought This Will Destroy You up to me while I was in […]

The Night Terrors :: Pavor Nocturnus

Pavor Nocturnus is Australia’s The Night Terrors indulging their dark, occult side with brooding, lustful glee. They’ve flirted with that side of their sound on their previous records Back To Zero and Spiral Vortex, but never to this degree. On those previous records there were hints of horror, but those albums settled more in the sci-fi […]

The Aftermath

So we made it through. We survived All Hallow’s Eve. No ghouls nabbed us on the road to candy bag mecca, no witches flew down on their broomsticks to whisk us away to dump us in their bubbling cauldron, and no zombies feasted upon our flesh. In fact, it was one of the most bizarre […]

Medicine :: Home Everywhere

I’ve been listening to Medicine’s new album Home Everywhere for three days straight and I’m still finding new nuggets of aural beauty every time I hit play. Brad Laner, Beth Thompson, and Jim Goodall don’t make cut and dry kind of albums. They make albums that beg for repeated listens. Much like the films of […]

Nightmares and Dreamscapes : The Dark, Musical World of The Night Terrors

Once in a while you come across some musical treasure that not only shakes you up a bit, but it evokes serious emotion. It lulls you into a trance and simultaneously curdles the blood running through your veins. Deep in the cold, desolate Midwest winter of 2014 I was introduced to the musical world of […]

The Return of Halloween

So here we are again. We’re nearing the end of October, which means it’s nearly time to dress up and go door to door and ask for candy. Yep, Halloween is only two days away. My kids look forward to it every year(why wouldn’t they?), and I look forward to it as well. I didn’t […]

Jakob Skott’s ‘Taurus Rising’ coming in December

I haven’t made it a secret that I am a huge fan of Danish drummer Jakob Skott. His work with Causa Sui is essential in making those psych rockers what they are. He adds a jazz fusion flair to the psychedelic atmospherics they create. Imagine Tony Williams playing with Hawkwind, or NEU! and you’ll get […]

Iceage :: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Iceage have come a long way from their vicious post-punk beginnings. New Brigade was dark, angry and monstrous. It was the sound of torn fingers and bloody guitar necks. You’re Nothing seemed to be a continuation of that sound, albeit with more experience under these young, Icelandic lads belts. On Iceage’s new album, Plowing Into […]