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Grails, Black Tar Prophecies …
The ongoing Black Tar Prophecies sessions from Portland, Oregon, instrume… more »
Deer Tick, Negativity…
If 2012′s Divine Providence was Deer Tick’s last-call bar-rom… more »
HAIM, Days Are Gone
The Los Angeles sister band HAIM — their last name, one that rhymes… more »
Kings of Leon, Mechanical Bul…
The make-or-break moment on Kings of Leon’s sixth LP is “Come… more »
Frankie Rose, Herein Wild…
Since striking out on her own in 2009, former Vivian Girls/Crystal Stilts… more »
Nirvana, In Utero – 20t…
Nirvana’s third album was burdened with expectations almost as soon… more »
Mazzy Star, Seasons Of Your D…
Like a chimera in languorous opposition to earthly indie-rock, Mazzy Star… more »
Yuppies, Yuppies
Yuppies are one of those delightful, weird bands that offer smart, slippe… more »
Crystal Stilts, Nature Noir…
Happiness is hard to come by in the world of Crystal Stilts — heavy… more »
Sun Araw, On Patrol
Since On Patrol first came out in 2010 on the experimental label Not Not … more »
The Dirtbombs, Ooey Gooey Che…
They may be a band of garage punks, but when the Dirtbombs pay homage to … more »
Cloud Control, Dream Cave…
Proving that Tame Impala and Pond aren’t the only bands with their … more »
Sebadoh, Defend Yourself…
What can it mean when a band whose defining trait was angst comes back af… more »
Arctic Monkeys, AM
Hangovers happen. The Arctic Monkeys — the brash British band led b… more »
Balance and Composure, The Th…
Anyone old enough to remember Deep Elm’s painlessly earnest Emo Dia… more »
Janelle Monae, The Electric L…
Behind all the cameos, the sci-fi allegory, the eclecticism and the nearl… more »
múm, Smilewound…
That childlike title packs a slightly sinister punch, suggesting a very d… more »
Volcano Choir, Repave…
After just a few years in the national spotlight, the mercurial Justin Ve… more »
Holograms, Forever
On their 2012 self-titled debut, Holograms drew comparisons to the gloomi… more »
Neko Case, The Worse Things G…
Neko Case has spent the last 15 years perfecting both a dark strain of al… more »
Okkervil River, The Silver Gy…
The lessons of adolescence come hard in The Silver Gymnasium, Okkervil Ri… more »
Gorguts, Colored Sands…
It’s been 12 years since the last Gorguts album, but the French Can… more »
Jonathan Rado, Law and Order…
In an era when young bands rarely even survive long enough to forge an in… more »
