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Agriculture, “The Spiritual Sound”

The self-categorized “ecstatic black metal” outfit returns with a second album that’s just as singular and spectacular as their debut.

October 27, 2025
5 Questions
5 Questions with Miki Berenyi

We caught up with the dream-pop trailblazer as she wraps up her farewell US tour with her trio and celebrates 35 years of Lush’s Gala LP.

October 22, 2025
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My Morning Jacket, “Z” [20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

Remastered and padded out with 14 outtakes and demos, this reissue of the Louisville band’s fourth LP celebrates their breakout moment of glorious, cosmos-reaching rock music.

October 21, 2025
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Perturbator, “Age of Aquarius”

Vocals from Ulver, Alcest, and Author & Punisher help James Kent thrust his darksynth project into lightspeed as it comes closer than ever to a full-fledged band’s sound.

October 21, 2025
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5 Questions with Shiner

The Kansas City post-hardcore band’s bassist Paul Malinowski talks producing their new LP BELIEVEYOUME, as well as dream collaborators and nightmare live show experiences.

September 29, 2025
Track by Track
White Reaper Get to the Heart of “Only Slightly Empty” with Their Track-by-Track Breakdown

Frontman Tony Esposito candidly comments on each song featured on the Kentucky garage-rock band’s fifth full-length.

September 26, 2025
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Julia, Julia, “Sugaring a Strawberry”

The Coathangers’ Julia Kugel treats each note of her second solo album as a delicate item to be savored and appreciated from a state of mindfulness.

September 23, 2025
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Shame, “Cutthroat”

The UK rockers don’t mince words on their fourth studio album, pairing their infectious proto-punk grooves with nakedly hedonistic lyrics.

September 10, 2025
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Shallowater, “God’s Gonna Give You a Million Dollars”

The Houston “dirtgaze” trio ruminate on our intolerable times with some of the quietest and slowest music—as well as the most deafening, distortion-filled cacophony—you’ll hear in 2025.

September 09, 2025
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Ivy, “Traces of You”

Completing songs written during sessions with late bandmate Adam Schlesinger, this collection hearkens back to the airy spirit that made Ivy such a delight at a time when it was hip to be hopeless.

September 08, 2025
5 Questions
5 Questions with Pile

As they continue to tour their new album Sunshine and Balance Beams across North America, Rick Maguire talks recording process, signing to Sooper Records, and more.

September 05, 2025
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Jobber, “Jobber to the Stars”

With its 11 catchy grunge-pop tunes each referencing pro-wrestling culture, the Brooklyn band’s full-length debut prioritizes fun in its escapist return to the slacker-rock charm of the ’90s.

September 03, 2025
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Cass McCombs, “Interior Live Oak”

Reaching the pinnacle of his songwriting acuity, the vignettes McCombs paints with his voice and guitar on his 13th album evoke a conversation between Thoreau and Nick Cave.

September 02, 2025
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Slow Crush, “Thirst”

The Belgian shoegazers’ noisier and more mature third record takes the form of a hopeful manifesto that the human race still has the opportunity to reinvent itself.

August 29, 2025
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Cory Hanson, “I Love People”

The Wand frontman’s fourth solo outing confronts American grift culture with hope and a communal spirit, as his backing players seem to prevent him from turning inward and catastrophizing.

August 11, 2025
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Nuclear Daisies, “First Taste of Heaven”

The club-ready breakbeats and unrelenting experimentation on the Austin trio’s second LP serve as a deafening clarion call for humanity to get its act together before it’s too late.

August 04, 2025
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The Armed, “The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed”

The Detroit punks’ sixth album is a consistent, melodic post-hardcore assault, maintaining a relentless pummeling in defiance to the system as much as it is to their recent pop streak.

August 01, 2025
5 Questions
5 Questions with Far Caspian

With his latest LP Autofiction out now, Joel Johnston discusses the headspace he was in as the project came together—as well as when he initiated the project in 2014.

July 30, 2025
5 QuestionsFirst Listen
Hear an Early Stream of Pygmy Lush’s Long-Lost Fourth Album “Totem”

In honor of the band’s recent revival, we also caught up with vocalist/bassist Chris Taylor and guitarist Mike Widman to discuss more pressing matters—such as who shot JFK.

July 10, 2025
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Chat Pile, “This Dungeon Earth/Remove Your Skin Please” [Reissue]

This single-vinyl compendium welds together the two EP releases that preceded the OKC sludge-rockers’ formal introduction to the unwitting masses.

July 08, 2025
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