Forest Swords, "The Weight of Gold" Always nice to heart from Forest Swords! I'd like to hear a new album from him, actually, although I suppose the wait between the first two albums is about what we've waited since the second album. So maybe soon!...
The Arsonists, "Underground Vandal" The Arsonists' debut album, released in 1999, was very much a throwback record. Not just in sound, but in the way it was created. By 1999, hip-hop had moved into an era of producers being stars separate from rappers. But the...
Zion I, "Radio" Zion I always incorporates other styles of music into their hip-hop, and here, we've got something that kind of sounds kind of like conventional adult contemporary rock. Maybe there's a reason other bands haven't tried this sort of thing much? Elvis Costello,...
De La Soul, "Church" After the lackluster Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump and the uneven AOI: Bionix, I was wondering if De La Soul were done. The answer was answered definitively by the next album, The Grind Date: no, they were not done. At least...
Here's today's music. Norska, "Too Many Winters" Portland band Norska combine elements of doom metal with parts of noise rock, which means I am very much interested in their ideas and would like to subscribe to their newsletter. And it pretty much delivers on that...
