Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 25, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: October 25, 2019 –
Airbourne: Boneshaker
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Spinefarm
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 18, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: October 18, 2019 –
Ali Barter: Hello, I’m Doing My Best
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Inertia Music
The Almost: Fear Caller
Genre: Pop-Punk/Alternative Rock
Label: Fearless
Alter Bridge: Walk The Sky
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Label: Napalm
Battles: Juice B Crypts
Genre: Math Rock/Electronic
Label: Warp
Caroline Polachek: Pang
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: Columbia
Clipping: There Existed An Addiction To Blood
Genre: Hip-Hop/Industrial
Label: Sub Pop
Dave Monks: On A Wave
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Dine Alone Music Inc.
Dream State: Primrose Path
Genre: Alternative Rock/Post Hardcore
Label: UNFD
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 11, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: October 11, 2019 –
808 State: Transmission Suite
Genre: House/Techno/Electronic
Label: 808 State
Babymetal: Metal Galaxy
Genre: Pop/Metal
Label: Cooking VInyl
BATS: Alter Nature
Genre: Post-Hardcore/Math Rock
Label: Great Old Ones
Bent Knee: You Know What They Mean
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOutMusic
Big Thief: Two Hands
Genre: Indie-Rock/Folk
Label: 4AD
It’s that wonderful time of year when we all try to figure out hilarious, and sometimes flat-out evil, ways to make each other cower in fear while having premature heart attacks. Yes, Halloween – which, let’s face it, spans all of October – is upon us, and with it comes the first Spooknik Soundtrack installment in what will hopefully become an annual series. Thirty users got together and shared their creepiest songs, which has been compiled and organized for your own personal horror.
I listened to this and can vouch that it’s quite terrifying, so if you don’t think you can stomach it, just click the “back” button at the top left corner of your browser. But if you think that you have what it takes, then dive right into the below playlist and let us know what you think!
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 4, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: October 4, 2019 –
Angel Olsen: All Mirrors
Genre: Folk/Indie-Rock
Label: Jagjaguwar
The Avett Brothers: Closer Than Together
Genre: Americana/Folk/Bluegrass
Label: Republic
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 27, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: September 27, 2019 –
65DAYSOFSTATIC: Replicr
Genre: Post-Rock/Electronic/Math Rock
Label: Superball Music
Acid Reign: The Age Of Entitlement
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Dissonance Productions
Out of Brand New’s lauded canon, it’s easy to forget about the red-headed stepson that is Daisy. Everything about the album is just a tad off. It begins and ends with a very out-of-place hymn; the album cover features a demonic looking fox in the middle of a beautiful forest; the band shifts rather abruptly from the broodingly existential emo-rock of The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me to frantically screamed mantras that clash against fiery, grunge-inspired guitars like dueling swords. Even for a band that developed a penchant for reinventing itself with each release, Daisy was…out there. At the time, fans who were spoiled by greatness hailed the album as disappointingly good; a take that has not necessarily aged well. Over the next decade, Daisy‘s legacy would grow considerably as fans began to recognize its unique atmosphere and appreciate the fact that it was going to be – until the unexpected release of Science Fiction in 2017 – Brand New’s final recording.
Ten years later, the whole album still feels crucial. “Vices” is the ideal opener, with the opera-like curve ball of an opening verse serving as a perfect snapshot of Daisy‘s wiry unpredictability, while “Sink” and “Gasoline” prove how grainy and visceral Lacey’s shouts/screams could become in a hopeless emotional vacuum. “You Stole” and “Noro” are still spine-tingling creepers, painting illusions of deception, mystical forests, and hellfire. …
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 20, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: September 20, 2019 –
The Agonist: Orphans
Genre: Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal
Label: Rodeostar Records
As I Lay Dying: Shaped By Fire
Genre: Metalcore/Thrash
Label: Nuclear Blast
blink-182: Nine
Genre: Pop/Punk
Label: Columbia
Brittany Howard: Jamie
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: ATO
Chastity Belt: Chastity Belt
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: Hardly Art
Cult Of Luna: A Dawn To Fear
Genre: Sludge/Post-Metal
Label: Metal Blade
Daedelus: The Bittereinders
Genre: Hip-Hop/Experimental/Electronic
Label: Brainfeeder
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 13, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: September 13, 2019 –
Alex Cameron: Miami Memory
Genre: Indie-Pop/Pop Rock
Label: Secretly Canadian
Alice Cooper: Breadcrumbs
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Label: earMUSIC
Being as an Ocean: PROXY: An A.N.I.M.O. Story
Genre: Hardcore/Post-Rock
Label: Being As An Ocean
Belle & Sebastian: Days Of The Bagnold Summer
Genre: Indie-Pop/Folk
Label: Matador
Big Scenic Nowhere: Dying On The Mountain
Genre: Psychedelic/Stoner Rock
Label: Blues Funeral
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 6, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: September 6, 2019 –
Adam Green: Engine of Paradise
Genre: Folk/Indie-Pop
Label: 30th Century
Alessia Cara: This Summer
Genre: Pop/R&B
Label: Def Jam
Barns Courtney: 404
Genre: Indie-Folk/Alternative Rock
Label: Virgin EMI
Bat For Lashes: Lost Girls
Genre: Indie-Pop/Folk
Label: Bat For Lashes
Black Star Riders: Another State of Grace
Genre: Rock
Label: Nuclear Blast
Bonniesongs: Energetic Mind
Genre: Indie-Rock/Alternative
Label: Small Pond
Chrissie Hynde: Valve Bone Woe
Genre: Jazz
Label: BMG
Cognizance: Malignant Dominion
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Prosthetic
Death Cab For Cutie: The Blue {EP}
Genre: Indie-Rock/Emo
Label: Atlantic
Disillusion: The Liberation
Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Progressive
Label: Prophecy
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 30, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
If we’re being realistic, I could probably fill about 10 spots on this decade 100 with Dear Hunter songs that I simply adore. That’s how prevalent they’ve been in the rock scene since 2010, with The Color Spectrum marking my introduction to the band in a grand 9 EP, 36 song fashion. Out of all those EPs, I was always partial to Yellow for its overarching pop aesthetic and summer-like warmth. And within that 4 song shell, “Misplaced Devotion” carved a special place out in my mind.
When I think back to 2011, I can’t not start to hum those massive, Coldplay-like woah-oh-oh’s. The whole track has an urgency that isn’t mirrored anywhere else on Yellow, which otherwise possesses a very laid back, tropical sway. The lyrics depict a forbidden relationship and unbridled confidence – two things I could relate to in my early twenties when this track seemed to strike right when I needed it to. Instrumentally, this is a piece that relies on persistent, energetic percussion; otherwise, it’s very much a vocal-centric effort that lives and dies by the strength of the melody. But just as with many DH songs, the melody is the best part and deserves to be highlighted.
More than anything, “Misplaced Devotion” is just one of those earworms that even after a decade I can’t seem to shake. Whenever I parse these 36 songs into a more manageable playlist for practical reasons, this song is the first…
State Faults is a band that hardly needs any introduction on this site. Coming off of a 6-year hiatus, they’ve received universal acclaim for their newest album, Clairvoyant. Lead singer and guitarist Johnny Calvert-Andrew was kind enough to correspond with me about their comeback. Enjoy, y’all.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 23, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: August 23, 2019 –
Alexander Tucker: Guild of the Asbestos Weaver
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic
Label: Thrill Jockey
“Open” is an anxiety attack in a song. The lush piano notes rise and fall gently, subtly building to a gorgeous but understated chorus: “potentially lovely, perpetually human, suspended and open.” It’s a song about vulnerability; being suspended in time and exposed to all of the wonderful – and terrible – things in life. After a flourishing refrain halfway through, the song starts trending dark rather quickly. Spektor starts gasping as if she’s struggling for air, evoking this deeply unsettling feeling that could only be likened to claustrophobia or drowning. She has the vocal power to rein in her gasps and start singing again seconds later, and – no pun intended – it’s breathtaking. The lyrical content also takes a turn from poetic (“In the night, the snow starts falling / And everybody stares, through their windows at the streetlights / Too beautiful to see”) to descriptions of feeling isolated and trapped: “I am in a room I’ve built myself / Four straight walls / One floor, one ceiling.” The song ends on a note of uncertainty, with verses like “Day after day I wake up feeling, feeling…” and “Open up your eyes, and then…”. The entire track builds up to this release that never occurs, it just leaves you suspended with an uneasy/panicked sensation — it’s not necessarily something I want to feel, but this song brings it out in me like no others can.
Spektor is renowned for her endearing quirks, and while…
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