Review: Lust For Youth – Perfect View

Review: Lust For Youth – Perfect View
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Swede Hannes Norrvide’s third Lust for Youth album is more accessible and more confidently produced than anything that’s come before it. It’s no small wonder that this group is at the fore of the current dark wave of Northern European synth-punk bands.  … read more

Review: Lux Interna – there is light in the body, there is blood in the sun

Review: Lux Interna – there is light in the body,...
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The fifth release by Joshua Levi Ian and Kathryn Mary, this beautiful album recapitulates dark neo-folk without dragging along the negatives that subgenre often implies, marrying it to the gothic Americana sound of bands like Munly or Wovenhand (whose keyboardist  Jeff Linsenmaier guests here) with touches of 1990s darkwave. … read more

Review: Laura Mvula – Sing To The Moon

Review: Laura Mvula – Sing To The Moon
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With her debut album, Laura Mvula has a lot to offer if you’re into music that soothes and relaxes you into a meditation … read more

 
 
Review: Lesbian – Forestelevision

Review: Lesbian – Forestelevision
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While it isn’t the worst album I’ve heard this year, Lesbian’s Forestelevision might be the laziest.  … read more

Review: King Tuff – Was Dead

Review: King Tuff – Was Dead
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I usually think that reissued records are stupid and lazy, but goddamn, I’m glad King Tuff did it. … read more

Review: I Can Lick Any Son Of A Bitch In The House – Mayberry

Review: I Can Lick Any Son Of A Bitch In...
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I.C.L.A.S.O.A.B.I.T.H, the band with the impossibly long name, have been playing their brand of country blues-rock for 12+ years now, and they’ve only tightened as a band over time.  … read more

Review: IO Echo – Ministry Of Love

Review: IO Echo – Ministry Of Love
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IO Echo are the L.A. duo of Ioanna Gika and her partner Leopold Ross (brother of Atticus, the Trent Reznor collaborator). After years relying on goth-pop-leaning singles to define themselves, Ministry of Love is their debut full album. … read more

Review: Heartless – Certain Death

Review: Heartless – Certain Death
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Short, hateful and sublimely coated in a venom akin to straight hatred, Certain Death takes a “less is more” approach to affirming the chilling truth of that title: Everything is finite, living is dying and just by existing, we’re slowly ebbing our bodies into a slow and slimy decay. … read more