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Album Review: Intronaut - "The Direction of Last Things" (9/10)
Intronaut is one of the least pretentious bands in progressive metal—but their fifth album is far from innocuous. Rather, it’s undeniably one of the genre’s standout releases of the year, catapulting with the poppy opening ... -
Panic! At the Disco: Brendon Urie's Bachelor Party
It is as much of a miracle as it is a mystery that Panic! at the Disco [P!ATD] are still around. What started as a pet project by Las Vegas ... -
Album Review: Carved Up - "Matador" (9/10)
When it takes a band 5.5 years to release its debut, expectations can be ... well, sorta high. This skronky Philadelphia trio whetted appetites with four short-players––including the marvelously named ... -
Album Review: Ghost - "Meliora" (10/10)
“There’s no return from this excursion of possibilities.” So sings Ghost singer Papa Emeritus III on “Spirit,” the opening track to the hard-rock band’s flawless third album, Meloria. In the ... -
Live Review: Lucy & La Mer at LA Vegan Beer and Food Festival
Material: Lovable Lucy LaForge leads a merry pack of throwback musicians whose relationship with folk is more than a dalliance—it’s a full-on love affair. The effervescent group plays with ease and ... -
The Alabama Shakes on Success and Songwriting
At a time when major rock bands are an increasingly rare breed, and new success stories are even harder to find, Alabama Shakes are a big, bright beam of hope. ... -
Industry Profile: Gigmor
Craigslist has long since replaced telephone poles as the spot where most bands advertise open slots that need to be filled by new guitarists, bassists or drummers. But will a ... -
Signing Story: Brothers Born
Brothers Born began in a bar, which might explain why it’s such a relaxed band with such an easygoing record deal. The two-man folk project gives heavy-metal guitarist Joel Stroetzel ... -
Album Review: Babymetal - Babymetal Reissue (8/10)
Metalheads love spectacle. Kitsch, however, can be a much tougher sell. Defying all odds is Babymetal, three teenage Japanese girls who shockingly won over hordes of knuckle-draggers last year with ... -
Album Review: Liturgy - The Art Work (9/10)
Well, don’t say Hunter Hunt-Hendrix didn’t warn you. Liturgy’s frontman promised the follow-up to 2011’s Aesthethica, widely hailed as one of the year’s best black-metal records, would mark a departure ...
