It’s that time of year again, when music nerds huddle in their bunkers to determine what records they deem worthy of being named “The Best O...

This is the one album of 2011 that I consider an absolute masterpiece. My original review follows... There is something intimidating about ...

If you are of a certain age and maintained a proclivity toward independent music in the 1990s then chances are that Pavement are the most im...

I’ve always liked the idea of Krallice, more than I have actually liked Krallice. Held in suspicion by purists as hipster “boutique” black ...

Toward the end of 2009 Real Estate shuffled onto the indie rock scene with their effortlessly brilliant self-titled Lp. Despite its mid-Nov...

I am not even going to pretend to be objective about my feelings toward Animal Collective and member Panda Bear’s solo output. I have not b...

William Fowler Collins is the modern György Ligeti. He creates the kind of drones that emit from "2001's" black obelisks. He...

The appeal of the Vivian Girls has always been that they play like they are going for broke, with little regard for fashionable affectation....

Locrain are at the top of the dark experimental music heap these days. Although their songs lack traditional form and structure, there a vis...

Liturgy is easily the most divisive band in the black metal world, which is pretty damn sad. For a scene that tolerates and makes excuses f...

Anyone that knows me, knows that I love this album so much that it is kind of embarrassing, so much so that I've been toying with naming...

I've always really wanted to love Yob. Ever since I became a doom freak upon hearing Sunn 0)))'s "White" records for the ...

An album unlike any other this year, even within the borderless wilds of dark experimental music. Layers and layers of sounds pile on top o...

"50 Words For Snow," is hands down Kate Bush's best record since the classic "Hounds Of Love." It is the perfect med...

Over the course of only a few years Kurt Vile has gone from much mumbled about lo-fi bedroom artist to one of indie-rock’s most recognizable...