June 2026

Album Of The Week: Nixon Boyd Every Time We Turn A Corner (opens in new tab)

Sophia Stel – Molly in the Club (opens in new tab)

Video by Scarlet Ross, Aaron Lum, & Sophia Stel ...

Boy Harsher – Jeans (opens in new tab)

Video directed by Boy Harsher 's Augustus Muller ...

Album Of The Week: Tasha You Are Spring! (opens in new tab)

Album Review: Nargaroth – Apocalyptic Steel (opens in new tab)

“Old wisdom comes in unknown tongues that speaketh not to men who fear of what becomes…” Thirty years ago, René “Ash” Wagner assumed the Nargaroth banner.

Through The Flames Of Hell With Boards Of Canada (opens in new tab)

Despite a personality-defining affinity for esoteric electronics, I am not a Boards Of Canada diehard.

Album Review: Prince of Failure – Prince of Failure (opens in new tab)

Side projects are always a high-risk, high-reward kind of venture.

Geese’s Live Show: Not A Psyop (opens in new tab)

They’re so loose because they’re so tight.

ALBUM REVIEW: Olivia Rodrigo – you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (opens in new tab)

Now, at first glance, many reading this would say that Olivia Rodrigo is a pop artist who doesn’t belong on a site promoting punk, hardcore music and the ilk.

Album Of The Week: Styrofoam Winos Any River (opens in new tab)

Album Review: Zzzahara – “Distant Lands” (opens in new tab)

Before the fraught gay couple Ho Po-Wing and Lai Yiu-Fai share a tango in Wong Kar-wai’s 1997 film Happy Together, Ho lets go of Lai until he remembers the moves.

Album Review: Violet Grohl – Be Sweet to Me (opens in new tab)

Violet Grohl has never been disillusioned by her nepo baby status.

Album Review: Khemmis – Self-Titled (opens in new tab)

One of the aspects of the doom and heavy metal revival movement that puzzles me is how deeply offended and upset fans and critics were that most of the bands didn’t just want to write the same doom…

Album Review: Death Cab for Cute – I Built You a Tower (opens in new tab)

Death Cab for Cutie (DCFC) transcended the initial box it was set in.

Album Review: Genghis Tron – Signal Fire (opens in new tab)

Leave it to a band so thematically focused on the future to lean into the past to make their best record yet.

Album Review: Big Nothing – Self-Titled (opens in new tab)

On their latest self-titled album, Philly-based indie rock band Big Nothing channel their punk and alt-country roots and serve up emphatic hooks that are undeniably compelling.

Premature Evaluation: Olivia Rodrigo you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (opens in new tab)

A$AP Rocky’s Chaotic Arena Spectacle: Mostly Worth The Wait (opens in new tab)

On the floor of the Baltimore Arena Monday night, a couple dozen kids with broccoli haircuts played duck duck goose.

Marci – Butterfly Sticker (opens in new tab)

Marci 's new album Mask Lady and Late Night Girl is coming in August on Arbutus .

Album Of The Week: Wiki Ancient History (opens in new tab)

Album review: Monolord – Neverending (opens in new tab)

In a genre where slow and steady wins the race, Swedish Doom metal trio Monolord are a frontrunner for heaviest album of the year.

Album Review: Turnover – Down On Earth (opens in new tab)

I’ve long been a fan of Virginia’s Turnover.

Paycheque – Heatwave (opens in new tab)

Paycheque 's long-awaited debut LP is finally here this Friday .

Don’t Hold Your Lighter Up For Power Ballad (opens in new tab)

Somebody already made a movie about a charming-fuckup wedding singer who longs to perform his own songs instead of the obligatory covers of '80s hits.

We Reviewed The New Bright Eyes x Woodstock Pre-Rolls (opens in new tab)

Last month, Bright Eyes announced a collaboration with Woodstock (the official cannabis brand of the 1969 Woodstock Festival) for limited edition pre-rolls.

Album Of The Week: Slippers Slippers 08 (opens in new tab)