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Yo La Tengo – There’s a Riot Going On (2018)
Yo La Tengo’s latest studio album, There’s a Riot Going On, emerged almost by accident. The New Jersey trio — vocalist/guitarist Ira Kaplan, drummer / vocalist Georgia Hubley and bassist/vocalist James...
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Oneida – Romance (2018)
…Oneida first came blasting out of Brooklyn over 20 years ago, with an in-your-face sound that slammed together psychedelia, post-punk and garage rock. They then spent a good chunk of the last decade...
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Yamantaka // Sonic Titan – Dirt (2018)
It’s been half a decade since eclectic “noh-wave” collective Yamantaka // Sonic Titan delivered their Polaris-shortlisted sophomore effort Uzu. This year, however, they’ll break their silence in the...
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Lower Slaughter – What Big Eyes (2017)
Lower Slaughter‘s What Big Eyes stands as one of the more immediate debut records. While its instantaneous pull could be attributed to the no-holds-barred aggression and turn-it-up-to-eleven loudness,...
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Guided by Voices – Space Gun (2018)
Guided by Voices were on a quest to make the perfect rock song. Now, they’re here to make the perfect rock album. This second reunion is one where, as a listener, you can really hear GBV’s...
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Anthroprophh – Omegaville (2018)
We enter the world of Omegaville at breakneck speed. This massive, conceptual double album does not begin with any grand overture or introduction – Anthroprophh require no scene setting. Led by the...
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Underøath – Erase Me (2018)
On their first album of original material since 2010’s Ø, Florida post-hardcore outfit Underøath cleared the slate with a different sound and outlook. Produced by Matt Squire (Panic! At the Disco, the...
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Guided By Voices – Ogre’s Trumpet (2018)
The superfluous nature of Guided By Voices is entirely Robert Pollard’s fault. The band’s ever-rotating line-up leaves only Pollard for fans to cling to and the man’s reclusive, iconoclastic nature can...
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Spear of Destiny – Tontine (2018)
Kirk Brandon has been playing in bands in one form or another for 40 years now having formed The Pack in 1978 and after their demise, success followed with the mighty Theatre of Hate. Spear of Destiny...
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Kraus – Path (2018)
Shoegaze is an isolating artform whose defining stylistic tropes have hardly shifted at all in the past 25 years from when it first bubbled up in the UK with bands like Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine,...
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Heads. – Collider (2018)
German-Australian noise rock/post-punk unit Heads release their second full-length, Collider, via Corpse Flower Records. With “Collider”, the trio manages to evade all the pitfalls of the proverbial...
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Dead Rider – Crew Licks (2017)
The unctuous lounge-lizard croon that marks the singing of Dead Rider’s Todd Rittman has started to fray on the group’s fantastic new album, Crew Licks (Drag City), as if to suggest that his sinister...
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The Flaming Lips – Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming...
With The Flaming Lips‘ enduring relevance — be it through timely collaborations, ballsy experiments, or the ability to still offend — it’s easy to forget that they’ve been a band for more than 30...
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Melvins – Pinkus Abortion Technician (2018)
Last year, the Melvins celebrated the release of their first-ever double album, A Walk with Love and Death. The band is now following that up with a new full-length named Pinkus Abortion Technician....
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Mastersystem – Dance Music (2018)
The concept of a supergroup often results in something less than super. For every Cream or Humble Pie there’s a Velvet Revolver, Mike & The Mechanics, Power Station or Hindu Love Gods lurking...
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Ganser – Odd Talk (2018)
Four years passed between the formation of the Chicago-based band Ganser and the release of their debut LP, Odd Talk, and the wait has served them well. Led by bassist and vocalist Alicia Gaines, the...
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’68 – Two Parts Viper [Deluxe Edition] (2018)
Featuring two bonus original tracks (“That’s the Plan Anyway, Now Figure Out How to Follow Through”, “One Thing, However I Have Found to Be True”), ‘68′s new deluxe album also include a cover of Eddie...
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Urochromes – Night Bully EP (2017)
Urochrome, singular, is the pigment that determines the color of urine. Urochromes, plural, are the pummeling duo from Western Massachusetts that released a handful of noisy hardcore platters over the...
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Gnod – Chapel Perilous (2018)
Salford noise-experimentalists GNOD have been something of a cult band for almost a decade now, both in regards to their fanbase but also their sound and ever-rotating membership. For the uninitiated,...
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Wire – Nine Sevens (RSD 2018)
Wire emerged out of the British punk explosion but, from the outset and decades after, maintained a distance from that scene and resisted easy categorization. While punk rapidly became a caricature of...
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