Music Reviews
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Ensemble Pearl Ensemble Pearl
Members of Sunn O))), Boris, The Sweet Hereafter and Ghost consider Earth’s millennial progressions and try them on for size, volume and density.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Indians Somewhere Else
Synth-pop and Indie-folk meet on the debut from Danish group Indians.
David John Wood wishes he was somewhere else... -
Fear of Men Early Fragments
How do you sound bored without sounding bored?
Alan Shulman reviews -
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Specter at the Feast
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are back with their 7th LP, and although the band's blueprint remains the same, there's a definite air of sophistication to the textured, blues-rock nucleus.
Carl Purvis reviews... -
Alex Calder Time EP
Captured Tracks' latest ethereal asset arrives in the shape of former Mac DeMarco collaborator, Alex Calder. His fusion of all things psychedelic and groove-led places him high amongst his esteemed label colleagues. But what exactly does Time's intangibility amount to?
Matt Bevington reviews... -
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience
The American pop mega superstar's follow-up to FutureSex/LoveSounds is one bloated, over-hyped seduction attempt after another.
Gabbie Nirenburg reviews... -
Shlohmo Laid Out EP
Shlohmo continues his quest to go from being just another LA beat junkie to the very top of the pile.
Richard Petty lays out to Shlohmo's new EP... -
Wild Belle Isles
Chicago-via-Brooklyn siblings Natalie and Elliot Bergman deliver a first record with no pretensions other than creating warm atmospheres with their dub-infected pop songs.
Carlos Dávalos debuts in No Ripcord reviewing another debut. Wild Belle's dubby Isles. Happy bubble chasing. -
Low The Invisible Way
The venerable "slowcore" band's 10th full-length effort takes them into a slightly new direction, but still finds them at a happy confluence of beauty and drabness that shows their strengths as versatile, low-key performers.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez rises up... -
KEN mode Entrench
KEN mode stands for "Kill Everything Now" mode, but if you've listened to the eleven tracks of their latest napalm strike, Entrench, you probably figured that out on your own.
Peter Quinton reviews the latest from KEN mode...and survives.
