Staff Picks Lindsay – Metric and Oren Ambarchi Zach – Denzel Curry Dario – The Bad Plus Caleb – Lambchop Kimber – Oren Ambarchi PIXIES – Doggerel CD/LP (Infectious) The iconic Pixies forged an influential path for alt-rock during their first era, while their post 2004 reunion has seen them alchemise more sophisticated dark arts […]

Staff Picks Lindsay – Makaya McCraven, Marisa Anderson, Duster, Carrtoons Zach – Alex G, FKA Twigs, The Movers Dario – Makaya McCraven and Marisa Anderson Caleb – Marisa Anderson and Duster Kimber – Vieux Farka Toure and Khruangbin FKA TWIGS – Caprisongs CD/LP (Atlantic Mod) CAPRISONGS showcases a new side of FKA Twigs – one that’s always been present […]

Staff Picks Lindsay – Young Jesus Zach – No Age, Young Jesus, Dario – Julian Lage and Young Jesus Caleb – No Age and Velvet Underground Kimber – Young Jesus  Whitney – Spark CD/LP/CASS (Secretly Canadian) Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek could hear the staggering differences in the songs they were writing for their third album as […]

Staff Picks Lindsay – Charley Crockett and Marlon Williams Zach – Jockstrap, Stella Donnelly, Paranoyds Dario – JPW and Charles Stepney Caleb – Daniel Johnston and JPW Kimber –  Built to Spill  Afghan Whigs – How Do You Burn? CD/LP (BMG) How Do You Burn?, the ninth studio album from The Afghan Whigs, finds the band […]

Staff Picks Lindsay – Codeine Zach – Pianos Become Teeth and Lean Year Caleb – Stereolab and Lean Year Dario –  Lean Year  Kimber –  David Sylvian and Stereolab STEREOLAB –  Pulse Of The Early Brain [Switched On Volume 5] CDLP (Warp) The fifth and final volume in the classic Switched On series which compiles […]