Music Reviews

Sunn O))) & Ulver Terrestrials

Sunn O))) & Ulver have established themselves as two of the most interesting metal bands in recent memory on their own, but will their combined efforts result in heavy metal bliss or a cosmically cluttered mess?

Andrew Ciraulo pulls out his yoga mat (yes, he owns a yoga mat) and meditates to the droning sounds...

Dog Bite Tranquilizers

Second album of shoegaze, chillwave and 80s electropop from former Washed Out keyboardist Phil Jones.

David John Wood sinks his teeth into it...

Katy B Little Red

Every heartbreak is a reason to party for Katy B on Little Red. With that voice and those beats though, why not?

Luiza Lodder reviews...

Sun Kil Moon Benji

Mark Kozelek’s sixth project under the Sun Kil Moon moniker is his most intimate work yet, thoroughly documenting definitive moments that marked his past and continue to haunt his present.

Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews...

Be Forest Earthbeat

Fresh from the Italian Adriatic coast, Be Forest have self-produced their second record, and it's a natural evolution of the authentic, organic sound that won such acclaim 3 years ago. If 2011 debut Cold was winter, Earthbeat is spring, and it's a serene listen.

Carl Purvis reviews...

Dum Dum Girls Too True

Too True is an album that only works very occasionally. The songs are there, the riffs are there, but the production is not. The guitar is consistently buried in the mix, wasting many good melodies and robbing the Dum Dum Girls of one of its greatest strengths.

Joe Marvilli delivers some harsh truths...