Year: 2013
Reviews: Native – Orthodox
Like an amped up Minus the Bear channeling Fugazi and At the Drive-In , Native are putting the rock and hardcore back in math rock and post-hardcore. … read more
Reviews: Mixtapes – Ordinary Silence
After giving Ordinary Silence a few spins, I’m a believer—the buzz is well-deserved and I’m glad I finally got off my metaphorical ass and gave them a shot. … read more
Reviews: Mirthless – A Dirge for Your Suicide
Clearly, Mirthless possess the potential to make great funeral doom metal. However, most of the time this potential emerges after 10 minutes of the same riff, drawn out torturously long. … read more
Reviews: Ministry – From Beer to Eternity
I still think Ministry’s best stuff is the ‘80s new wave dreck that they only released so they could get a label deal, but this last hurrah was impossible to pass up. … read more
Reviews: Migrant Kids – Self-Titled
Migrant Kids’ debut doesn’t redefine anything, but they’re adept at creating relaxed, layered atmospheres of sound that build from stark keys to triumphant choruses. … read more
Reviews: The Memories – Love is the Law
Erik Gage and Kyle Handley use The Memories as a vehicle to express sunny dispositions, drug-dazed sentiments and other elements that can’t be shrieked in the syntax of their preceding punk band, White Fang. … read more
Reviews: Mavis – Start Over
This is an album that would be easy to skip over unless you were looking, since its spine is unassuming strummy guitar and modest, youthful vocals. … read more
Reviews: Maps – Vicissitude
James Chapman, the force behind Maps, began these songs at his Northamptonshire home, the place where his Mercury Prize-nominated debut We Can Create was recorded. … read more
Reviews: Lycus – Tempest
It’s clear that Lycus know and understand their influences rather well, combining an atonal USBM riffing style with long sections of legitimately heavy and atmospheric funeral doom. … read more
Reviews: Lemuria – The Distance Is So Big
Masters of melancholy adorableness, Lemuria’s third LP sounds as though it could be a long-lost relic of early ‘90s indie rock—and that’s a good thing. … read more