December 4 Blur: Parklive (CD/DVD) (Parlophone) Can: Can: The Lost Tapes (vinyl box set) (Mute) The Chariot: One Wing (vinyl) (Good Fight/eOne) Ryan Francesconi & Mirabai Peart: Road to Palios (Bella Union/Cooperative Music) Gringo Starr: "Going Way Out"/"Taller" 7" (self release) Kowloon Wall City: Container Ships (Brutal … [Read more...]
November Releases
November 6, 2012 By
November 6 101 Crustaceans: Train Bolt Roller Akina Adderley and the Vintage Playboys: Say Yes (Get Level) All That Remains: A War You Cannot Win (Razor & Tie) Anaal Nathrakh: Vanitas (Candlelight) Animal Collective: Spirit They're Gone, They've Vanished (reissue) (FatCat) Anstam: Stones and Woods (50 Weapons) Beheaded: … [Read more...]
Short Takes on 1 Album and 2 EPs
March 13, 2012 By
Tycho – Dive Ghostly International http://www.tychomusic.com/ Dive was released on Ghostly International this past autumn and it’s the second album from Tycho, AKA Scott Hansen, a San Francisco-based graphic designer (with some assist on guitar and bass from Zac Brown, Matt McCord, and Dusty Brown). After a teeth-grinding, … [Read more...]
August Release Dates
August 2, 2011 By
August 2 Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (Deluxe Edition) (Merge) Archers of Loaf: Icky Mettle (reissue) (Merge) Aristillus: Devoured Trees & Crystal Skies (Fysisk Format) Azari & Ill: Azari & Ill (Loose Lips) Beruit: The Rip Tide (digital release) (Pompeii Records) Boston Spaceships: Let It Beard (Guided by Voices, … [Read more...]
July Release Dates
July 5, 2011 By
July 5 *AR: Wolf Notes (Type) Big Spider's Back: Memory Man (Circle Into Square) Biosphere: N-Plants (Touch) Bon Iver: "Calgary" b/w "I Can't Make You Love Me/Nick of Time" (Jagjaguwar) Brian Jonestown Massacre: "Iluminomi" b/w "There's A War Going On" 10" (A) Bright Archer: Hidden Systems (Bear Island) Bright Eyes: Live … [Read more...]
Aenaon – Cendres Et Sang
July 1, 2011 By
For a long time I lived and died by the staple of the Greek black metal scene, Rotting Christ; never really exploring bands from the Mediterranean as much as I would have liked. Since I am always on the hunt for anything new in the metal scene it was very fortuitous that I happened upon Aenaon’s latest offering Cendres Et Sang. What Aenaon … [Read more...]
Lake of Tears – Illwill
June 15, 2011 By
It’s 2011 and guess who just threw a new album out into the cosmic soup of minstrels, none other than Lake of Tears. That’s right, those psychedelic/doom/goth metal maestros from Sweden are back nearly 20 years after their inception as a death metal act. Its been 4 years since their last release Moons and Mushrooms, which was a spectacular … [Read more...]
June Release Dates
June 7, 2011 By
June 7 31 Knots: Trump Harm (Polyvinyl) Amorphis: The Beginning of Times (Nuclear Blast) Anathema: We're Here Because We're Here (The End) Ancient Wisdom: Godlike Inferno (Shinebox Recordings) The Appleseed Cast: Middle States (Graveface) Arch Enemy: Khaos Legions (Century Media) Arctic Monkeys: Suck It and See (Domino) Barn … [Read more...]
May Release Dates
May 3, 2011 By
May 3 1990's: "(My Baby's) Double Espresso" 7" (What's Your Rupture?) Architecture in Helsinki: Moment Bends (Cooperative/Downtown/Modular) Beastie Boys: Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 (Capitol) Before The Dawn: Deathstar Rising (Nuclear Blast) Birds of Avalon: Birds of Avalon (Gigantic Music) The Black Crowes: Shake Your Money Maker; … [Read more...]
April Release Dates
April 5, 2011 By
April 5 Acid Mothers Temple: Pink Lady Lemonade You're From Inner Space (Alien8) Ambrose Akinmusire: When The Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note) Artillery: My Blood (Metal Mind) Asking Alexandria: Reckless and Relentless (Sumerian) Jeff Beam: Venus Flying Trapeze Blondes: Lover/Hater 12" (RVNG) Blood Freak: Mindscraper … [Read more...]