8 risbane trio Columbus are finally releasing their debut album, Spring Forever. Nostalgic and strangely addictive, t…
Tag: Best New Albums
The Album Leaf – Between Waves
8 he Album Leaf is the solo musical adventure by Jimmy LaValle – guitarist of San Diego’s post-rock band Tristeza. Be…
Vomitface – Hooray For Me
9 omitface may sound filthy, noisy and possibly crazy. But like all true expressions of artistic insanity and erratic…
Crowhurst – II
8 ver the course of five years and almost 70 releases, Jay Gambit’s blackened noise unit Crowhurst has made the seren…
Exploded View – Exploded View
9 xploded View is a new collaborative project helmed by German/UK political-journalist-turned-musician/singer Anika a…
Black Foxxes – I’m Not Well
8 onest and emotionally heavy, Black Foxxes’ debut album is way more than just another generic rock album, it’s a ful…
Pill – Convenience
8 onvenience is Pill’s debut album. Expressive, intoxicating, visceral and, above all, exciting. Pill are here to get…
Horseback – Dead Ringers
9 here is a faint but indelible string tying England’s pastoral folk roots and the industrial/post-punk movement that…
Earth Girls – Wanderlust
8 ased in Chicago, Earth Girls are a power pop band that embody everything that’s great about guitar rock in the US. …
Haley Bonar – Impossible Dream
8 esides being an excellent songwriter and musician, Haley Bonar is first and foremost a storyteller and on Impossibl…
Armed With Books – Honestly, Honesty
8 orwich band Armed With Books are a supremely intelligent and passionate bunch. Their new EP Honestly, Honesty is a …
65daysofstatic – No Man’s Sky: Music For An Infinite Universe
8 n order to capture the vastness of both No Man’s Sky and the concepts it embodies, 65daysofstatic have delivered tw…
Mitski – Puberty 2
9 uberty 2, the follow-up to 2014’s Bury Me At Makeout Creek, is as deeply connected with its predecessor as it is a …
The Julie Ruin – Hit Reset
8 ong gone are the days when Bikini Kill first emerged and being one of the punk bands to standout in the 1990s, most…
Dinosaur Jr. – Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
8 inosaur Jr. are back with something that’s way more than just “business as usual.” Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, …