OPTIMISTIC GRUNGE EMERGES IN GOON’S DEBUT LP ‘HEAVEN IS HUMMING’
“I find encouragement in the fact that I’m able to be productive in the times that I’m not sick. People like to romanticize the…
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NEW WALKING PAPERS 7” SHOWS OFF TWO ‘OBSERVATIONAL SLOW BURNERS’
Walking Papers are the kind of present-day rock legends that you want to watch closely for new material. Something about the Seattle group’s sound…
NEW NAYTRONIX ALBUM ‘AIR’ IS A DREAMY EXPERIMENTAL TREAT
When you can’t find a way to describe the sound or vibe to someone without pausing to hunt for descriptors, you know you’ve stumbled…
NEW KING GIZZARD ALBUM ‘FISHING FOR FISHIES’ IS WAY TOO GOOD TO DESCRIBE IN A HEADLINE
I reacted the way I always react to King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: just shaking my head in spellbound admiration and laughing at…
NEW CAGE THE ELEPHANT ALBUM ‘SOCIAL CUES’: A HORROR-INSPIRED RIDE TO CATHARSIS
The evolving album art is fascinating when you put Cage The Elephant’s new record, Social Cues – due for release tomorrow (April 19th) – side…
REIGNWOLF’S ‘HEAR ME OUT’ IS A TRULY SATISFYING & SCORCHING DEBUT
The funny thing about a debut record named Hear Me Out is how badly Reignwolf’s fans have been wanting to do just that. Request…
NEW GARY CLARK JR. ALBUM ‘THIS LAND’ IS A KALEIDOSCOPIC TREAT
Once you hit play, you’ll want to keep it turned up and hear what’s coming next; that’s to be expected. But one unexpected thing…
THE 3 MOST IMPORTANT ALBUMS OF 2018: P&W EDITORS’ PICKS
For once, picking favorites was pretty easy. When the editors at P&W reflected on what we felt were the most important albums released in…
IDLES’ ‘JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE’ IS A VICIOUSLY UPLIFTING TRIUMPH
At risk of raving for paragraphs, suffice it to say that IDLES have blown us away, both on stage and on wax. The music and…
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘MOTEL LA GRANGE’ BY THE NATIONAL RESERVE
When you consider The National Reserve and their story so far, it’s only fitting that for the first few seconds of their new LP,…