Punchlove are drunk on a desire to distance themselves from any semblance of conventional beauty—and make bands like My Bloody Valentine and Lush sound like neat freaks in comparison–on their new song “Today You Can Learn the Secret.” Read my short review on Treble.
Don’t call Tapeworms more “mature”; call them more well-versed in—and more adept at—the priceless art of playfulness. Read my short review of their new album, Grand Voyage (Music Website), on Treble.
Shellac’s At Action Park was the consummately contrarian, anti-establishment record of the 1990s that didn’t belong in a record store’s hardcore bin. In many ways, the masterwork by Steve Albini, Bob Weston and Todd Trainer was the antithesis of every rock record that had come before it—a Paul Bunyan-size middle finger to the corporate machine regarded at the time as the enemy. Read my lengthy review of one of my favorite records ever for Treble, which inducted it into their Hall of Fame.
The grimy, groove-a-licious title track to yeule’s fourth album makes it nearly impossible not to count down the days until May 30, when the Singapore songwriter/producer dishes out Evangelic Girl Is a Gun (Ninja Tune). Read my short review on Treble.
Ever walk into a coffee shop and discover that four pigs are standing motionless behind the counter, holding pitchers half-full with milk, as patrons mindlessly guzzle it down by the glassful and a lonely guy sits by himself at a table, looking dejected and singing to himself? Apparently, Pyramids have (and David Lynch probably did too, RIP). That’s the visual that accompanies the melancholic, haunting electro-pop-rock precursor to the third album by the experimental Texas quintet:
They’re supposedly cutting that sound with black metal and God knows what else on the upcoming Pythagoras, but this song doesn’t back up that claim. It does, however, lay an unsettling groundwork for what’s to come.
New Noise was met with a breath of fresh air upon catching up with Eric Quach, the man behind the wildly experimental project known as thisquietarmy. In a very rare interview with the guitar-drone and electronic-music wizard, Quarch proves it’s still entirely possible to enjoy a healthy music career without overexposing one’s self on social media.
Alyson Blake Dellinger, leader of Nashville’s queer/transfemme experimental quintet Flummox, holds nothing back in this extensive feature that stands as one of the proudest with which I’ve had my name affiliated since Trump retook the White House.
New Noise catch up with In the Woods… to talk about the history of the long-running avant-garde/ black-metal troupe, getting arrested in their “safe space” (the woods), and the band’s most genre-pushing effort to date, the audaciously experimental Otra.
We roped in 37 Houses for Pet Sounds and an even more amusing Newlywed Game video that we recently unveiled. Go to New Noise for the recent Pet Sounds edition surrounding 27 Horses.
Adrian Younge has always had a penchant for psychedelic soul from the ‘60s and ‘70s, but in collaborating with Hyldon, he coats their songs with a hip-hop sheen that brings the 73-year-old singer/guitarist right up to the modern-day fore. Read my short review on Treble.
The Bad Penny (beta) 