With the occasional hint of darkness sprinkled throughout in the form of suspended chords or near-harmonies, Preludes makes sure that we know that life in this town isn’t a fairytale, but we walk away from the record with an overwhelming sense of Flaer’s appreciation of their hope in spite of its difficulties and flaws.

they’re with you always by mu tate is a potent reminder that we always bear the influence of those we’ve lost

In showing us the fun to be had in a world with access to technology but no particular reason to use it, Nobodyis vaporizes the burden of our anxiety.

Previously unheard components of grandiose wall-of-sound productions take center stage, bathing in the spotlight for their individual solo performances.

If you’d asked me a few days ago for my preferred method for fighting ingrained homophobia, free jazz wouldn’t have been at the top of my list. However, after hearing Vanished Pleasures by The Ghost, I may now be convinced.

Riffs leave you at cliffhangers, with your only source of satisfaction and closure coming in the form of wild wailings about a lack of satisfaction and closure.

You as a listener feel as if you’re falling into this smoky studio, watching in awe as these wonderful musical ideas shoot across the room from person to person. Close inspection reveals all sorts of elements here that ought not to go together very well, from bossa nova rhythms to fuzzy synths to baroque harmonies. However, the resulting album makes these styles feel as if they were born to live together, and Co-Pilot develops their own distinct sonic fingerprint as a result of this mixture.

In this future landscape of pirate radio, anonymous crews broadcast without government permission, making the music selection as unfiltered and random as possible.

Regression & Regret by Life Looks Good brings us some fantastic old-school pop punk from Chicago, and right away when you tear into this thing you’ll feel like you’re moshing in a basement with Fall Out Boy in 2003.

Self-deprecating and vain, On the Run shows us Oldstar’s emotional pain without verging on the dramatic.

This one’s a fairly strong yet relatively typical noise rock record… until you hear the vocals.

For the adventurous listener, Searching for a Limousine serves as a roadmap through a twisting and turning series of sounds. And executed with thoughtful attention to detail, this unique album is sure to have something for everybody.

Agriculture’s self-titled release invites all the drama of the beloved romantic symphonies into their explosive black metal sound.

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G Fam Black and A Dusty Cinema’s collaboration Black Cinema: The Fly Deathbed uses jazzy samples and heavy drums to build this beat that sounds like a modern update to A Tribe Called Quest.

While other metal bands reference Tolkien's fiery pits of Mordor and barbaric gangs of orcs, Hole Dweller resides in the quaint western lands of Middle Earth, among the rolling green hills of the Shire.

This week’s best dance, techno, UK dub, drum n bass, undergorund house, and more, all rounded up in one post. Ft. Low End Activist, NHK yx Koyxen, Malik Hendricks, Pris, + Henzo

For Jaye Jayle, the classic blues sound contains within it this vastness which only properly comes into focus with a high production value, sludgy tempos, and a wide array of processing effects.

Mission to the Sun retains the all-important pulse that invites us to dance, but distressingly lucid vocal samples and an abundance of non-rhythmic noise across all frequencies force us to watch ourselves as we move around the dance floor.