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Album Review: Grayskul – Zenith

Chul Gugich·October 9, 2013

If the color-by-numbers liberalism of “Thrift Shop” and “Same Love” were an accurate indicator, the rap music coming...

Joshua Pickard·October 7, 2013

New York indie rock outfit Tuff Sunshine do a lot with very little. The band’s stripped down indie rock...

Joshua Pickard·October 3, 2013

San Francisco rockers Weekend like noise – and lots of it. If you give a quick listen to...

Brendan Frank·October 2, 2013

Combining existing sounds in different ways can be nearly as exciting as finding new ones. This isn’t lost...

Ray Finlayson·September 27, 2013

It’s no longer worth trying to figure out where múm are going, if they are actually going anywhere...

Brendan Frank·September 26, 2013

If you’ve been following Glaswegian trio Chvrches since they released “The Mother We Share” just over a year...

Lucien Flores·September 25, 2013

Royal Bangs jumped onto my radar with their 2011 album, Flux Outside. That record was a cacophony of fuzz...

Joshua Pickard·September 24, 2013

There is a sense of involuntary awe when exploring the peaks and shadowy recesses of Bill Callahan’s music....

Joshua Pickard·September 16, 2013

We’re trained to mistrust earnestness – especially in music. This comes mostly from the fact that such earnestness...

Rob Hakimian·September 13, 2013

Factory Floor’s debut album has been a long time in the making. The band stretches back as far...