Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything review

By the title, it can be hard to tell what is the album, and what is the band. To clear up confusion, Silver Mt. Zion is the band, and they’ve been creating music since the critically acclaimed debut album, He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms…. They’re

Touché Amoré – Is Survived By

There’s a psychological effect associated with heavier genres of music. Hearing aggressive, violent, and even disturbing noises isn’t as appealing as associating other senses with the same handful of adjectives. While listening to Touché Amoré’s new album, Is Survived By, my computer crashed on three separate occasions as soon as I began the album. Now many would

Underground Mondays: BadBadNotGood reinvent jazz

I love jazz. The energy of the artists collaborating is mesmerizing. It’s arguably the most complex form of music, and surprisingly had the most of controversy when the music was still popular. Many big name musicians died at a young age (John Coltrane at 40, Eric Dolphy at 36, and Albert Ayler at 34), and

The Strokes announce new album, Comedown Machine

After their 2011 release, Angles, which got mediocre reviews, The Strokes are trying too reach the sounds of their old works on a new album. Scheduled for March 26th, Comedown Machine will be indie rocker‘s last album on their record label, RCA, which was announced on one of the band member’s facebook. Watch for their first single, “All