Cursive, "Bad Sects" Cursive followed up my favorite album of theirs with Happy Hollow, which probably isn't really a step back or anything, but I always think more highly of albums that are a breakout. Domestica is arresting, an unflinching look into divorce that can...
The Miracles, "You've Really Got a Hold On Me" 1962, baby! McKinley Dixon, "Chain Sooo Heavy" I really enjoy the sax blowing while he's rhyming, it really sets things off, and makes my ears kind of ping back and forth between what sounds like competing...
Sunless, "Spiraling into the Unfathomable" Has it been a while since we've had extreme metal on here? It seems like it has been. Sunless's 2021 release, Ylem, is a fine example of the sort of dissonant death metal that I usually go for in the...
Black Moon, "Enta da Stage" Black Moon's 1993 classic, Enta da Stage, could not have been released at a worse time to get attention. The synthesis of the jazz-inflected beats of Native Tongues and the street rhymes of New York City would have been massively...
Filastine, "Singularities" Electronic artist Filastine draws widely from musical traditions from across the globe, pulling in bits and pieces from many cultures to assemble his songs. What could sound eclectic doesn't come off that way, it instead is more like a kaleidoscope - assembling a...
