Thank’s a lot, as the Leeds pranksters prove on their second album. I Have a Physical Body That Can Be Harmed is a mixed cocktail that deviates from traditional proto-punk by lacing songs with ’80s synth lines. Read my full review on FLOOD‘s website.
The fifth and final record by Colorado heavy rockers Planes Mistaken for Stars exhibits their broadest sense of appeal, ranging from aggressive noise rock to catchy post-hardcore hooks. Read my full review on FLOOD‘s website.
At various turns haunting, alluring, catchy and confident, Florida’s Leaving Time deliver a well-considered debut, Angel in the Sand (Sunday Drive), that introduces the shoegazers with aplomb. Go to FLOOD to read my review in full.
Climbing out of the black-metal pigeonhole, Portugal’s Gaerea sound more confident and creatively unrestrained on their fourth album rather than merely louder. Read my review of Coma on FLOOD‘s website. (While you’re at it, check out my interview with the band’s mysterious vocalist on New Noise‘s website.)
As Blood Incantation continue to forge new paths for technica death metal, it often feels like the Denver band is doing too much on their third album. Read my full review via FLOOD.
The 11 eloquently imperfect recordings on hardcore punks Touché Amoré’s Spiral in a Straight Line harness the anger that shakes them to their core as they take aim at wishful thinking and our imminent demise. Go to FLOOD for my full review.
Finnish avant-garde quintet Oranssi Pazuzu’s sixth album, Muuntautuja, is challenging from start to finish, managing to heap even more styles onto their mesmerizing blend of black metal and psychedelia. Go to FLOOD for my full review.
Each song on noise-rockers A Place to Bury Strangers’ seventh LP, Synthesizer, is distinct in style and substance, allowing Oliver Ackermann to tap into his emotional self as if looking through a slowly twisted kaleidoscope. Go to FLOOD to read my full review.
The West Coast screamo quartet isn’t afraid to turn down the volume on an otherwise-blistering return to form with their most mature, expansive and explorative record yet. Read my FLOOD review for more.
Five albums and 15 years in, electronic wizard Robert Alfons seeks to start his musical endeavor anew—all the while wondering if a slate can be truly wiped clean. Read my full review of the latest album by his TR/ST project courtesy of FLOOD.
The Bad Penny (beta) 